Name: Chainia olivacea Thirumalachar and Sukapure 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.va.ce.a. N.L. fem. adj. olivacea, olive colored

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15722; BCRC 11608; CBS 296.66; CBS 785.72; CCRC 11608; DSM 40595; IFO 13484; IMRU 3751; JCM 3045; JCM 4805; NBRC 13484; NRRL B-2318; NRRL ISP-5595; RIA 1445

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16S rRNA gene: AJ621606 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thirumalachar MJ, Sukapure RS. Studies on species of the genus Chainia from India. Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin 1964; 6:157-166.

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 olivaceiscleroticus Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chainia olivacea 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thirumalachar MJ, Sukapure RS. Studies on species of the genus Chainia from India. Hindustan Antibiotics Bulletin 1964; 6:157-166.

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Record number: 774636