Name: Actinomycetospora iriomotensis Yamamura et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ri.o.mot.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. iriomotensis, of or pertainning to Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, where the organism was originally isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45811; IR73-Li102; KCTC 19783; NBRC 106365

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB581531 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamamura H, Ashizawa H, Nakagawa Y, Hamada M, Ishida Y, Otoguro M, Tamura T, Hayakawa M. Actinomycetospora iriomotensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a lichen sample. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2011; 64:289-292.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 19782.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the species description (protologue), the type strain KCTC 19783 is erroneously cited as KCTC 19782. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Parent taxon: Actinomycetospora Jiang et al. 2008

Assigned by: Yamamura H, Ashizawa H, Nakagawa Y, Hamada M, Ishida Y, Otoguro M, Tamura T, Hayakawa M. Actinomycetospora iriomotensis sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a lichen sample. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2011; 64:289-292.

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Record number: 789469