Name: Actinopolyspora mzabensis Meklat et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: m.za.ben’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. mzabensis, pertaining to Mzab, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62965; DSM 45460; H55

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ918202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Meklat A, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Mathieu F, Lebrihi A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Actinopolyspora mzabensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from an Algerian Saharan soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3787-3792.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

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.

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

Assigned by: Meklat A, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Mathieu F, Lebrihi A, Schumann P, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Actinopolyspora mzabensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from an Algerian Saharan soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3787-3792.

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Record number: 791154