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Species Amycolatopsis speibonae
Name: Amycolatopsis speibonae Everest et al. 2015
Etymology: spei.bo’nae. L. fem. n. spes (gen. spei), hope; L. masc. adj. bonus, good; N.L. gen. fem. n. speibonae, of good hope, to indicate Cape Town, the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated
Type strain: DSM 46660; JS72; NRRL B-24958
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16S rRNA gene:
KF771257
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Everest GJ, le Roes-Hill M, Rohland J, Enslin S, Meyers PR. Amycolatopsis roodepoortensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis speibonae sp. nov.: antibiotic-producing actinobacteria isolated from South African soils. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2014; 67:813-818. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Everest GJ, le Roes-Hill M, Rohland J, Enslin S, Meyers PR. Amycolatopsis roodepoortensis sp. nov. and Amycolatopsis speibonae sp. nov.: antibiotic-producing actinobacteria isolated from South African soils. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2014; 67:813-818.
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Record number: 792734
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