Name: Chainia rubra Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rub’ra. L. fem. adj. rubra, red

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 17754; BCRC 12358; CBS 228.65; CCRC 12358; CMI 112789; DSM 40304; IFO 14600; ISP 5304; JCM 3131; KCC 3131; KCC A-131; NBRC 14600; NCIB 10983; NCIMB 10983; NRRL B-5315; NRRL ISP-5304

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16S rRNA gene: AB184604 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 ruber (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces ruber (Thirumalachar 1955) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Chainia rubra 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 3 times 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: 774640