Name: Dactylosporangium aurantiacum Thiemann et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cum. N.L. neut. adj. aurantiacum, orange colored

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23491; DSM 43157; IFO 12592; JCM 3083; NBRC 12592; NRRL B-8018; NRRL B-8111; VKM Ac-654

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93191 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the actinoplanaceae: dactylosporanguim, gen. nov. Arch Mikrobiol 1967; 58:42-52.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dactylosporangium Thiemann et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the actinoplanaceae: dactylosporanguim, gen. nov. Arch Mikrobiol 1967; 58:42-52.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Dactylosporangium aurantiacum subsp. hamdenensis" Theriault et al. 1987	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Dactylosporangium Thiemann et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the actinoplanaceae: dactylosporanguim, gen. nov. Arch Mikrobiol 1967; 58:42-52.

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Record number: 775419