Name: Actinokineospora mzabensis Aouiche et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mzab.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. mzabensis, pertaining to Mzab, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8578; DSM 45961; PAL84

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ504177 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Aouiche A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Actinokineospora mzabensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from Saharan soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:291-296.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actinokineospora spheciospongiae Kämpfer et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinokineospora spheciospongiae Kämpfer et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Teo et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Actinokineospora spheciospongiae Kämpfer et al. 2015. Publication: Teo WFA, Tan GYA, Li WJ. Taxonomic note on the family Pseudonocardiaceae based on phylogenomic analysis and descriptions of Allosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. and Halosaccharopolyspora gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5075.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.
  • ❗ Actinokineospora mzabensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Actinokineospora.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinokineospora Hasegawa 1988

Assigned by: Aouiche A, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Zitouni A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Actinokineospora mzabensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from Saharan soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:291-296.

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Record number: 792392