Species ***Amycolatopsis* *lurida***

Name: Amycolatopsis lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex Grundy et al. 1957) Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida (ex Grundy et al. 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Etymology: lu’ri.da. L. fem. adj. lurida, pale yellow, sallow

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-my-ko-lat-OP-sis LU-ri-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14930; DSM 43134; IFO 14500; JCM 3141; LMG 4064; NBRC 14500; NRRL 2430; NRRL WC-3860; VKM Ac-1242

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ293755 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Wink J, Schumann P. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Amycolatopsis lurida sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:267-268. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida (ex Grundy et al. 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986	homotypic 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:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21490 (N = 21).
- 😷 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 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM, Wink J, Schumann P. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Amycolatopsis lurida sp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:267-268. 🇩🇪

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Species Amycolatopsis lurida

Species ***Amycolatopsis* *lurida***