Species ***Actinomadura* *meyerae***

Name: Actinomadura meyerae corrig. Quintana et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mey’e.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. meyerae, of Meyer, named after the German microbiologist Jutta Meyer in recognition of her contributions to actinomycte systematics

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ma-DU-ra MEY-e-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: A288; DSM 44715; JCM 13237; NRRL B-24247

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY273787 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Quintana ET, Trujillo ME, Goodfellow M. Actinomadura mexicana sp. nov. and Actinomadura meyerii sp. nov., two novel soil sporoactinomycetes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:511-517. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 96. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:307-308.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Actinomadura meyerii Quintana et al. 2004	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

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 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 the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 In the effective publication the strain A288 is erroneously cited as DSM 44485 = NRRL B-24203. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, meyerii (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.
- 🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. n. not a L. n. as cited in the paper by Quintana et al. 2003. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 96. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:307-308.

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

Assigned by: Quintana ET, Trujillo ME, Goodfellow M. Actinomadura mexicana sp. nov. and Actinomadura meyerii sp. nov., two novel soil sporoactinomycetes. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:511-517. 🇬🇧

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Species Actinomadura meyerae

Species ***Actinomadura* *meyerae***