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Species Amycolatopsis rifamycinica
Name: Amycolatopsis rifamycinica Bala et al. 2004
Etymology: rif.a.my.cin’i.ca. N.L. neut. n. rifamycinum, rifamycin; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, related to; N.L. fem. adj. rifamycinica, referring to the ability to produce rifamycin
Type strain: ATCC 27643; DSM 46095; JCM 12674; NT 19
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AY083603
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Bala S, Khanna R, Dadhwal M, Prabagaran SR, Shivaji S, Cullum J, Lal R. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 46095 as Amycolatopsis rifamycinica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1145-1149. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05632 (N = 20).
- 😷 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Amycolatopsis mediterranei (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986.
Publication:
Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:29-37.
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🧍 Amycolatopsis rifamycinica was previously known as Amycolatopsis mediterranei strain DSM 46095 (a rifamycin-producing strain).
Publication:
Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan J-S. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:29-37.
Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986
Assigned by:
Bala S, Khanna R, Dadhwal M, Prabagaran SR, Shivaji S, Cullum J, Lal R. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 46095 as Amycolatopsis rifamycinica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1145-1149.
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Record number: 773222
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