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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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. — 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 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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