Name: Actinopolyspora iraqiensis Ruan et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc./fem. adj. iraqiensis, of or belonging to Iraq, the source of the soil sample from which the organism was isolated [probably better: iraqensis]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCIM 4.1193; DSM 44640; IQ-H1; JCM 9891; NBRC 103187

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF372523 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ruan JS, Al-Tai AM, Zhou ZH, Qu LH. Actinopolyspora iraqiensis sp. nov., a new halophilic actinomycete isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:759-763.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Saccharomonospora iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharomonospora iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Actinopolyspora iraqiensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Actinopolyspora.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ruan JS, Al-Tai AM, Zhou ZH, Qu LH. Actinopolyspora iraqiensis sp. nov., a new halophilic actinomycete isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:759-763.

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