Name: Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti.co.lor. N.L. neut. n. Aurantium, generic name of the orange; L. masc. n. color, color, tin; N.L. masc. n. auranticolor, orange colored (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15330; DSM 43031; HAMBI 1975; IFO 12245; JCM 3038; NBRC 12245; NRRL B-3343; VKM Ac-648

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16S rRNA gene: D85471 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Couch NJ. Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1963; 79:53-70.

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

Correct name: Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Couch NJ. Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1963; 79:53-70.
  • ❗ Amorphosporangium auranticolor 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 Amorphosporangium.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Couch NJ. Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1963; 79:53-70.

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Record number: 773172