Name: Catenuloplanes japonicus Yokota et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. japonicus, of or pertaining to Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ja-PO-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 31637; DSM 44102; IFO 14176; JCM 9106; N381-16; NBRC 14176; VKM Ac-875

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ865470 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Hasegawa T, Huang LH. Catenuloplanes japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:805-812. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Catenuloplanes Yokota et al. 1993. Publication: Yokota A, Tamura T, Hasegawa T, Huang LH. Catenuloplanes japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:805-812. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In violation of Rules 28a and 33c, Yokota et al. 1993 propose Catenuloplanes japonicus as a nomen revictum, basonym: "Catenuloplanes japonicus" Celmer et al. 1981. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Catenuloplanes Yokota et al. 1993

Assigned by: Yokota A, Tamura T, Hasegawa T, Huang LH. Catenuloplanes japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:805-812. 🇯🇵

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