Species ***Amycolatopsis* *echigonensis***

Name: Amycolatopsis echigonensis Ding et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.go.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. echigonensis, referring to Echigo, the old name of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis e-k^hi-go-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206019; DSM 45164; IAM 15387; JCM 21831; LC2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB248535 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ding L, Hirose T, Yokota A. Amycolatopsis echigonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis niigatensis sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from a filtration substrate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1747-1751. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Amycolatopsis niigatensis Ding et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Deng et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Amycolatopsis niigatensis Ding et al. 2007. Publication: Deng A, Fu L, Mo P, Zheng Y, Tang T, Gao J. New insights into the relationship between the average nucleotide identity and the digital DNA-DNA hybridization values in the genus Amycolatopsis and Amycolatopsis cynarae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium from the rhizosphere soil of Cynara scolymus, and proposal of Amycolatopsis niigatensis as a synonym of Amycolatopsis echigonensis based on comparative genomic analysis. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1359021. 🇨🇳
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.
- 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Ding L, Hirose T, Yokota A. Amycolatopsis echigonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis niigatensis sp. nov., novel actinomycetes isolated from a filtration substrate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1747-1751. 🇯🇵

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Species Amycolatopsis echigonensis

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *echigonensis***