Name: Dactylosporangium vinaceum Shomura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.na’ce.um. L. neut. adj. vinaceum, of or belonging to wine, intended to mean wine colored

Pronunciation, gender: wi-NA-ke-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35207; DSM 43823; IFO 14181; JCM 3307; NBRC 14181; NRRL B-16297; SF-2127; VKM Ac-1322

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X93196 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shomura T, Yoshida J, Miyadoh S, Ito T, Niida T. Dactylosporangium vinaceum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:309-313.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Ould-Taleb et al. 2025 Ould Taleb R, Saker R, Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Meklat A. Genome‑Based Reclassification of Dactylosporangium matsuzakiense Shomura and Niida 1983 As A Later Heterotypic Synonym of Dactylosporangium vinaceum Shomura et al. 1983 and Proposal of Dactylosporangium vinaceum subsp. vinaceum subsp. nov. and Dactylosporangium vinaceum subsp. matsuzakiense subsp. nov. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:471.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2025-09-30 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 2025-06-04.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Dactylosporangium vinaceum subsp. matsuzakiense" (Shomura and Niida 1983) Ould Taleb et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym
    "Dactylosporangium vinaceum subsp. vinaceum" (Shomura et al. 1983) Ould Taleb et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym of its species

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

Assigned by: Shomura T, Yoshida J, Miyadoh S, Ito T, Niida T. Dactylosporangium vinaceum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:309-313.

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Record number: 775428