Name: Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis Guan et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.ji.ang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xinjiangensis, referring to xinjiang, a region of China, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 209080; DSM 46732; KCTC 19656; TRM 40136

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU479394 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guan TW, Liu Y, Zhao K, Xia ZF, Zhang XP, Zhang LL. Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis sp. nov., a novel exteremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:447-453.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 137. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Guan TW, Liu Y, Zhao K, Xia ZF, Zhang XP, Zhang LL. Actinopolyspora xinjiangensis sp. nov., a novel exteremely halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2010; 98:447-453.

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