Name: Actinokineospora globicatena Tamura et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.bi.ca.te.na. L. masc. n. globus, a ball, sphere; L. fem. n. catena, chain; N.L. fem. n. globicatena, ball of chains, referring to the mass of spore chains that aggregate into balls

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44256; IFO 15664; JCM 9922; NBRC 15664; NRRL B-24048; VKM Ac-1981; YU6-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114798 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Nonomura H, Yokota A, Hatano K. Four new species of the genus Actinokineospora: Actinokineospora inagensis sp. nov., Actinokineospora globicatena sp. nov., Actinokineospora terrae sp. nov., and Actinokineospora diospyrosa sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:371-378.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Parent taxon: Actinokineospora Hasegawa 1988

Assigned by: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Nonomura H, Yokota A, Hatano K. Four new species of the genus Actinokineospora: Actinokineospora inagensis sp. nov., Actinokineospora globicatena sp. nov., Actinokineospora terrae sp. nov., and Actinokineospora diospyrosa sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:371-378.

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Record number: 772681