Species ***Amycolatopsis* *benzoatilytica***

Name: Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica Majumdar et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.zo.a.ti.ly’ti.ca. N.L. masc. n. benzoas (gen. benzoatis), benzoate; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. benzoatilytica, benzoate-degrading

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis ben-zo-a-ti-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: AK 16/65; ATCC 55165; DSM 43387; IMRU 1389; JCM 13851

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY957506 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Majumdar S, Prabhagaran SR, Shivaji S, Lal R. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis DSM 43387 as Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:199-204. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986. Publication: Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:29-37. 🇺🇸
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Majumdar S, Prabhagaran SR, Shivaji S, Lal R. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis DSM 43387 as Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:199-204. 🇮🇳

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Species Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *benzoatilytica***