Species Actinomadura glauciflava

Name: Actinomadura glauciflava Lu et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau.ci.fla’va. L. fem. adj. glauca, bluish-green; N.L. masc. adj. flaveus, yellow; N.L. fem. adj. glauciflava, bluish-green yellow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ma-DU-ra gla͡u-ki-FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: 80-60; CGMCC 4.1202; DSM 44770; IFO 14668; JCM 16161; JCM 6161; NBRC 14668

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16S rRNA gene: AB184612 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu Z, Wang L, Zhang Y, Shi Y, Liu Z, Quintana ET, Goodfellow M. Actinomadura catellatispora sp. nov. and Actinomadura glauciflava sp. nov., from a sewage ditch and soil in southern China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:137-142. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Streptomyces luteofluorescens" Shinobu 1962	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptomyces luteofluorescens" Shinobu 1962. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Actinomadura monticuli sp. nov., isolated from Darangshi Oreum (a volcanic cone), and the reclassification of Actinomadura glauciflava Lu et al. 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6609. 🇰🇷
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Actinomadura monticuli sp. nov., isolated from Darangshi Oreum (a volcanic cone), and the reclassification of Actinomadura glauciflava Lu et al. 2003 as a later heterotypic synonym of Actinomadura luteofluorescens (Shinobu 1962) Preobrazhenskaya et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6609. 🇰🇷
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6650.
- ❗ Actinomadura glauciflava 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03733 (N = 3).
- 😷 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 4 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Actinomadura glauciflava Lu et al. 2003 was previously known as "Streptomycoides glaucoflavus" Zhang et al. 1984. In the paper by Lu et al. 2003, the authors referred to this former name erroneously as "Streptomyces glaucoflavus". — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-03-07. — 🧍 In the paper by Lu et al. 2003, the type strain JCM 6161 is erroneously cited as JCM 16161. — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2003-03-07.

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

Assigned by: Lu Z, Wang L, Zhang Y, Shi Y, Liu Z, Quintana ET, Goodfellow M. Actinomadura catellatispora sp. nov. and Actinomadura glauciflava sp. nov., from a sewage ditch and soil in southern China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:137-142. 🇨🇳

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Species Actinomadura glauciflava