Species Actinokineospora mzabensis

Name: Actinokineospora mzabensis Aouiche et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ki-ne-O-spo-ra mza-BEN-sis, 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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