Name: Cryptosporangium japonicum Tamura et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ja.po’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. japonicum, pertaining to Japan where the organisms were isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 44713; IFO 15966; JCM 10425; NBRC 15966; YU 636-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85466 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Cryptosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Cryptosporangium arvum sp. nov. and Cryptosporangium japonicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:995-1005.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The adjective japonicum is a neuter adjective, not a maculine adjective as cited in the paper by Tamura et al. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Cryptosporangium Tamura et al. 1998

Assigned by: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Cryptosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Cryptosporangium arvum sp. nov. and Cryptosporangium japonicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:995-1005.

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