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

Pronunciation, gender: glo-bi-ka-TE-na, feminine

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

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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.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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