Name: Amycolicicoccus subflavus Wang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.fla’vus. L. masc. adj. subflavus, yellowish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sub-FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.3532; DQS3-9A1; DSM 45089; NBRC 109087

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF564379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang YN, Chi CQ, Cai M, Lou ZY, Tang YQ, Zhi XY, Li WJ, Wu XL, Du X. Amycolicicoccus subflavus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a saline soil contaminated by crude oil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:638-643. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Hoyosella subflava (Wang et al. 2010) Hamada et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Hoyosella subflava (Wang et al. 2010) Hamada et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Amycolicicoccus Wang et al. 2010. Publication: Wang YN, Chi CQ, Cai M, Lou ZY, Tang YQ, Zhi XY, Li WJ, Wu XL, Du X. Amycolicicoccus subflavus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a saline soil contaminated by crude oil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:638-643. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Amycolicicoccus subflavus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amycolicicoccus.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Amycolicicoccus Wang et al. 2010

Assigned by: Wang YN, Chi CQ, Cai M, Lou ZY, Tang YQ, Zhi XY, Li WJ, Wu XL, Du X. Amycolicicoccus subflavus gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a saline soil contaminated by crude oil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:638-643. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 788396