Name: Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinoplanes caeruleus Horan and Brodsky 1986

Etymology: cae.ru’le.us. L. masc. adj. caeruleus, blue, dark blue, referring to the blue vegetative mycelial pigment

Pronunciation, gender: ka͡e-RU-le-us, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33937; DSM 1037; DSM 43634; IFO 13939; JCM 3195; NBRC 13939; NRRL 5325; SCC 1014; VKM Ac-1257

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85479 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Nakagaito Y, Nishii T, Hasegawa T, Stackebrandt E, Yokota A. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:193-203.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinoplanes caeruleus Horan and Brodsky 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Couchioplanes Tamura et al. 1994. Publication: Tamura T, Nakagaito Y, Nishii T, Hasegawa T, Stackebrandt E, Yokota A. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:193-203.
  • 😷 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. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus Tamura et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) Tamura et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Couchioplanes Tamura et al. 1994

Assigned by: Tamura T, Nakagaito Y, Nishii T, Hasegawa T, Stackebrandt E, Yokota A. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:193-203.

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Record number: 783704