Name: Actinosporangium vitaminophilum Shomura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ta.mi.no’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. vitaminum, vitamin; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. vitaminophilum, vitamin-loving

Pronunciation, gender: wi-ta-mi-NO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 31673; DSM 41686; IFO 14294; JCM 6054; NBRC 14294; NRRL B-16933; SF 2080

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16S rRNA gene: AB184589 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shomura T, Amano S, Yoshida J, Ezaki N, Ito T, Niida T. Actinosporangium vitaminophilum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:557-564.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Wenjunlia vitaminophila (Shomura et al. 1983) Madhaiyan et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wenjunlia vitaminophila (Shomura et al. 1983) Madhaiyan et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptomyces vitaminophileus (Shomura et al. 1983) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces vitaminophilus corrig. (Shomura et al. 1983) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Actinosporangium vitaminophilum 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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.
  • 🧍 See also Ezaki et al. (1983). Publication: Ezaki N, Koyama M, Kodama Y, Shomura T, Tashiro K, Tsuruoka T, Inouye S, Sakai S. Pyrrolomycins F1, F2a, F2b and F3, new metabolites produced by the addition of bromide to the fermentation. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1983; 36:1431-1438.

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

Assigned by: Shomura T, Amano S, Yoshida J, Ezaki N, Ito T, Niida T. Actinosporangium vitaminophilum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:557-564.

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Record number: 772864