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Species Actinomadura macra

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Actinomycetota Actinomycetes Streptosporangiales Thermomonosporaceae Actinomadura Actinomadura macra

Name: Actinomadura macra (ex Celmer et al. 1979) Huang 1980

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ma’cra. L. adj. macer -cra -crum, lean, meagre, thin; L. fem. adj. macra, lean, referring to the poor, thin growth of this organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ma-DU-ra MA-kra, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 31286; BCRC 13378; CCRC 13378; CIP 105532; DSM 43862; IFO 14102; IMET 9754; JCM 3287; KCTC 9342; NBRC 14102; NRRL B-16124; Pfizer FD 25934

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16S rRNA gene: AB364594 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Huang LH. Actinomadura macra sp. nov., the producer of antibiotics CP-47,433 and CP-47,434. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:565-568.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • 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.
  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Huang LH. Actinomadura macra sp. nov., the producer of antibiotics CP-47,433 and CP-47,434. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:565-568.

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Record number: 772726

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