Species ***Amycolatopsis* *japonica***

Name: Amycolatopsis japonica corrig. Goodfellow et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. japonica, of or pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis ja-PO-ni-ka, feminine

Type strain: CIP 106801; DSM 44213; JCM 10140; MG417-CF17; NRRL B-24138

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ508236 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Brown AB, Cai J, Chun J, Collins MD. Amycolatopsis japonicum sp. nov., an actinomycete producing (S,S)-N,N'-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1997; 20:78-84. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Amycolatopsis japonicum Goodfellow et al. 1997	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21832 (N = 21).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 6 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:915; Amycolatopsis japonicum (sic). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.
- 🧍 The original spelling, Amycolatopsis japonicum (sic), has been corrected in accordance with Rule 61 on the occasion of validation. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 62. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:915-916.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Brown AB, Cai J, Chun J, Collins MD. Amycolatopsis japonicum sp. nov., an actinomycete producing (S,S)-N,N'-ethylenediaminedisuccinic acid. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1997; 20:78-84. 🇬🇧

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Species Amycolatopsis japonica

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *japonica***