Name: Chainia antibiotica Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.ti.bi.o’ti.ca. Gr. prep. anti, against, in opposition to; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used in adjectives with the sense of belonging to, related to; N.L. fem. adj. antibiotica, related to antibiotic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15721; BCRC 13307; CBS 167.62; CCRC 13307; DSM 40269; DSM 43032; IFM 1141; IFO 12246; IFO 13356; IFO 13904; JCM 3039; JCM 4828; KCTC 9065; NBRC 12246; NBRC 13356; NBRC 13904; NRRL B-2317; NRRL ISP-5269; RIA 1317; VKM Ac-1909

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ621608 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thirumalachar MJ. Chainia, a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Nature 1955; 176:934-935.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces sclerotialus Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces sclerotialus Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Thirumalachar MJ. Chainia, a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Nature 1955; 176:934-935.
  • ❗ Chainia antibiotica 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 Chainia.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thirumalachar MJ. Chainia, a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Nature 1955; 176:934-935.

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Record number: 774629