Species ***Amycolatopsis* *keratiniphila***

Name: Amycolatopsis keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.ra.ti.ni’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. keratinum, keratin; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. keratiniphila, keratin-loving, referring to the ability of the species to degrade keratin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis ke-ra-ti-NI-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: D2; DSM 44409; JCM 12683; NRRL B-24117

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ278496 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Al-Musallam AA, Al-Zarban SS, Fasasi YA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Amycolatopsis keratiniphila sp. nov., a novel keratinolytic soil actinomycete from Kuwait. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:871-874. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina Wink et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

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:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. 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 10 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 the species itself.
- 🧍 In the paper by Al-Musallam et al. 2003, the type strain NRRL B-24117 is erroneously cited as NRRL B24117. — Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila (Al-Musallam et al. 2003) Wink et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina Wink et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Al-Musallam AA, Al-Zarban SS, Fasasi YA, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. Amycolatopsis keratiniphila sp. nov., a novel keratinolytic soil actinomycete from Kuwait. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:871-874. 🇩🇪

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Species Amycolatopsis keratiniphila

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *keratiniphila***