Name: Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Aurantium, generic name of the orange; L. masc. n. color, color, tin; N.L. adj. auranticolor, orange colored

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC 15330; DSM 43031; HAMBI 1975; IFO 12245; JCM 3038; NBRC 12245; NRRL B-3343; VKM Ac-648

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: D85471 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Union of the genera Actinoplanes Couch, Ampullariella Couch, and Amorphosporangium Couch in a redefined genus Actinoplanes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:110-114.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • New combination inadvertently omitted from List No. 26; Erratum IJSB 39:94. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.
  • The union of Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) with the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, was inadvertently omitted from validation list n° 26. This union and amended genus are to be regarded as having been validly published in list n° 26 (July 1988). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.
  • The union of Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980) with the genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 26. This union and amended genus are to be regarded as having been validly published in List no. 26 (July 1988). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Parent taxon: Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Union of the genera Actinoplanes Couch, Ampullariella Couch, and Amorphosporangium Couch in a redefined genus Actinoplanes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:110-114.

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