Species Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis

Name: Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis Labeda et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.xing.to.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. lexingtonensis, from Lexington, named after the place of origin, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis le-xin͡g-to-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44653; JCM 12672; LDDC 12275-99; NRRL B-24131

16S rRNA gene: AY183358 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Henton MM. Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1601-1605. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Williams NM, Sells SF, Henton MM. Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis sp. nov., Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis pretoriensis sp. nov., isolated from equine placentas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1601-1605. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 773211

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