Name: Actinospica robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bi’ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. Robinia, scientific name of a genus of tree; N.L. gen. fem. n. robiniae, of Robinia, isolated from a wood of Robinia pseudoacacia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44927; GE134769; JCM 14908; NBRC 102112; NRRL B-24432

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ865863 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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006. 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.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.
  • 🧍 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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