Name: Elytrosporangium brasiliense corrig. Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. brasiliense, of or pertaining to Brazil [probably better: brasilense]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23727; CBS 520.68; DSM 43159; IFM 1210; IFO 12596; JCM 3086; KCC 3086; KCC A-86; KCTC 9071; NBRC 101283; NBRC 12596; RIA 911; VKM Ac-1310; VKM Ac-656

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB249981 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Falcão De Morais JO, Batista AC, Massa DMG. Elytrosporangium: a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 1966; 30:161-171.

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: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces brasiliensis (Falcão de Morais et al. 1966) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces brasiliensis (Falcão de Morais et al. 1966) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Elytrosporangium brasiliensis Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Elytrosporangium Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Falcão De Morais JO, Batista AC, Massa DMG. Elytrosporangium: a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 1966; 30:161-171.
  • ❗ Elytrosporangium brasiliense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Elytrosporangium.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Elytrosporangium brasiliensis (sic), has been corrected by Hill et al. 1984. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

Parent taxon: Elytrosporangium Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Falcão De Morais JO, Batista AC, Massa DMG. Elytrosporangium: a new genus of the Actinomycetales. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 1966; 30:161-171.

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Record number: 775892