Name: Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis Jiang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: k^hi-an͡g-mai-EN-sis, 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. — 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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