Species ***Agromyces* *mediolanus***

Name: Agromyces mediolanus (ex Mamoli 1939) Suzuki et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: me.di.o.la’nus. N.L. masc. adj. mediolanus, of or belonging Mediolanum, the old name of Milan, Italy (sic)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-GRO-my-kes me-di-o-LA-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14004; CIP 104860; DSM 20152; IFO 15704; JCM 3346; NBRC 15704; NCIB 7206; NCIMB 7206; VKM Ac-1388

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77449 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki K, Sasaki J, Uramoto M, Nakase T, Komagata K. Agromyces mediolanus sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov., a species for "Corynebacterium mediolanum" Mamoli 1939 and for some aniline-assimilating bacteria which contain 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:88-93. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 14 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 In the paper by Suzuki et al. 1996, Agromyces mediolanus is erroneously cited as Agromyces mediolanus sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov. (see Rule 33d). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
- 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Corynebacterium mediolanum". Publication: Keddie RM, Cure GL. Cell wall composition of coryneform bacteria. In: Bousfield IJ, Callely AG (eds), Coryneform Bacteria, Academic Press, London, 1978, p. 47-83.

Parent taxon: Agromyces Gledhill and Casida 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Suzuki K, Sasaki J, Uramoto M, Nakase T, Komagata K. Agromyces mediolanus sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov., a species for "Corynebacterium mediolanum" Mamoli 1939 and for some aniline-assimilating bacteria which contain 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:88-93. 🇯🇵

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Species Agromyces mediolanus

Species ***Agromyces* *mediolanus***