Name: Actinokineospora spheciospongiae Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sphe.ci.o.spon’gi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. spheciospongiae, of/from Spheciospongia the zoological name of a genus of sponge, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCM 8480; DSM 45935; EG49; LMG 27700

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU318361 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Abdelmohsen UR, Ahmed S, Hentschel U. Actinokineospora spheciospongiae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:879-884.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.
  • Teo et al. 2021 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. 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.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Teo et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Actinokineospora mzabensis Aouiche 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.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Actinokineospora Hasegawa 1988

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Abdelmohsen UR, Ahmed S, Hentschel U. Actinokineospora spheciospongiae sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Spheciospongia vagabunda. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:879-884.

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