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Species Amycolatopsis equina
Name: Amycolatopsis equina Everest and Meyers 2012
Etymology: e.qui’na. L. fem. adj. equina, relating to horses, isolated from a soil sample collected near a horse racing track, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town, South Africa
Pronunciation, gender: e-KWI-na, feminine
Type strain: DSM 45563; NRRL B-24842; SE(8)3
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16S rRNA gene:
HQ021204
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Everest GJ, Meyers PR. Evaluation of the antibiotic biosynthetic potential of the genus Amycolatopsis and description of Amycolatopsis circi sp. nov., Amycolatopsis equina sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis hippodromi sp. nov. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:300-311. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Everest GJ, Meyers PR. Evaluation of the antibiotic biosynthetic potential of the genus Amycolatopsis and description of Amycolatopsis circi sp. nov., Amycolatopsis equina sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis hippodromi sp. nov. J Appl Microbiol 2011; 111:300-311.
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Record number: 789655
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