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)

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-ko-lor, neuter

Type strain: 253; ATCC 15330; DSM 43031; HAMBI 1975; IFO 12245; JCM 3038; NBRC 12245; NRRL B-3343; UNCC 253; 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
    Amorphoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Roman et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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