Name: Chainia rosea Thirumalachar 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, pink

Pronunciation, gender: RO-se-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 17755; BCRC 12541; CBS 226.65; CBS 664.72; CCRC 12541; CMI 112788; DSM 40303; HACC 144; IFO 13002; IFO 13363; IMET 43586; JCM 3104; JCM 4823; NBRC 13002; NBRC 13363; NCIB 11013; NCIMB 11013; NRRL B-3348; NRRL ISP-5303; RIA 1324; RIA 887; VKM Ac-1718

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16S rRNA gene: AB184251 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thirumalachar MJ, Sukapure, Rahalkar PW, Gopalkrishnan KS. Studies on species of the genus Chainia from India. II. Hindustan Antibiot Bull 1966; 9:10-15.

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 roseiscleroticus Pridham 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chainia rosea 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 authority of the taxon name (Thirumalachar) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Thirumalachar et al.).
  • 😷 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 1 time 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: Thirumalachar MJ, Sukapure, Rahalkar PW, Gopalkrishnan KS. Studies on species of the genus Chainia from India. II. Hindustan Antibiot Bull 1966; 9:10-15.

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Record number: 774639