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Species Actinomadura africana

Name: Actinomadura africana Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, of Africa, Africa, referring to the source of the soil sample

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ma-DU-ra a-fri-KA-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35107; DSM 43748; IFO 14745; INA 1839; JCM 6240; KCTC 9260; NBRC 14745; NRRL B-16114; RIA 1839; VKM Ac-924

16S rRNA gene: AJ269555 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA. New species of the genus Actinomadura. Microbiology 1974; 43:735-738.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Nonomuraea africana corrig. (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Zhang et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Actinomadura africana 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 Actinomadura.
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Actinomadura Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Preobrazhenskaya TP, Sveshnikova MA. New species of the genus Actinomadura. Microbiology 1974; 43:735-738.

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Record number: 772685