Name: Actinospica acidiphila Cavaletti et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.di’phi.la. L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44926; GE134766; JCM 14896; NBRC 102107; NRRL B-24431

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16S rRNA gene: AJ865861 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Busti E, Sosio M, Donadio S. Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1747-1753.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet acidiphila is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. fem. n." as cited in the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006. — In the title of the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006, the suborder Catenulisporineae is erroneously cited as Catenulisporinae (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006

Assigned by: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Busti E, Sosio M, Donadio S. Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1747-1753.

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