Name: Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis Jiang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.ang.mai.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. chiangmaiensis, pertaining to Chiang Mai, a city in the north of Thailand in the vicinity of which the type strain was found

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 205017; DSM 45062; JCM 15998; YIM 6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM398646 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jiang Y, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:408-413.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinomycetospora Jiang et al. 2008. Publication: Jiang Y, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:408-413.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Actinomycetospora Jiang et al. 2008

Assigned by: Jiang Y, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:408-413.

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