Species Actinosporangium violaceum

Name: Actinosporangium violaceum corrig. Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.um. L. neut. adj. violaceum, violet colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-spor-an-GI-um wi-o-LA-ke-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15813; BCRC 12521; CCRC 12521; DSM 43350; IFM 1160; IFO 14887; IMET 43491; INMI 3180; JCM 3052; KCC 3052; KCC A-52; KCTC 9118; NBRC 14887; NRRL B-3457; NRRL B-3483; PCM 2310; RIA 655; VKM Ac-645

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184628 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Krassilnikov NA, Yuan CS. Actinosporangium, a new genus of the family Actinoplanaceae. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1961; 8:113-116.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces paradoxus Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinosporangium violaceus Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces paradoxus Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krassilnikov NA, Yuan CS. Actinosporangium, a new genus of the family Actinoplanaceae. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1961; 8:113-116.
  • ❗ Actinosporangium violaceum 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 Actinosporangium.
  • 😷 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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Krassilnikov NA, Yuan CS. Actinosporangium, a new genus of the family Actinoplanaceae. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Biologicheskaya 1961; 8:113-116.

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Record number: 772863