Name: Chainia poonensis Thirumalachar 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: poo.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. poonensis, of or belonging to Poona, India, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: poo-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15723; BCRC 13311; CBS 295.66; CBS 786.72; CCRC 13311; CGMCC 4.1097; DSM 40596; HAMBI 987; IFO 12556; IFO 13485; IMET 43406; JCM 3071; JCM 3079; JCM 4815; LMG 19326; NBRC 12556; NBRC 13485; NRRL B-2319; NRRL B-2951; NRRL ISP-5596; PCM 2246; RIA 1446; VKM Ac-1715

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16S rRNA gene: AB184103 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kalakoutskii LV, Krassilnikov NA. On formation of sclerotia by actinomycetes and on systematic status of the genus Chainia. In: Rautenshtein YI (eds), Biology of special groups of actinomycetes. Producers of antibiotics. Transactions of the Institute of Microbiology no. 8, Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskau, 1960, p. 1-344.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces poonensis (Thirumalachar 1960) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces poonensis (Thirumalachar 1960) Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chainia poonensis 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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kalakoutskii LV, Krassilnikov NA. On formation of sclerotia by actinomycetes and on systematic status of the genus Chainia. In: Rautenshtein YI (eds), Biology of special groups of actinomycetes. Producers of antibiotics. Transactions of the Institute of Microbiology no. 8, Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskau, 1960, p. 1-344.

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Record number: 774637