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Species Actinomadura apis
Name: Actinomadura apis Promnuan et al. 2011
Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, of/from a honey bee, the genus name of the true honey bee Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758), a hive of which was the source of the type strain
Type strain: DSM 45861; IM17-1; JCM 16576; TISTR 1980
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16S rRNA gene:
AB557596
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Promnuan Y, Kudo T, Ohkuma M, Chantawannakul P. Actinomadura apis sp. nov., isolated from a honey bee (Apis mellifera) hive, and the reclassification of Actinomadura cremea subsp. rifamycini Gauze et al. 1987 as Actinomadura rifamycini (Gauze et al. 1987) sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2271-2277. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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:
Promnuan Y, Kudo T, Ohkuma M, Chantawannakul P. Actinomadura apis sp. nov., isolated from a honey bee (Apis mellifera) hive, and the reclassification of Actinomadura cremea subsp. rifamycini Gauze et al. 1987 as Actinomadura rifamycini (Gauze et al. 1987) sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2271-2277.
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Record number: 789404
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