Name: Elytrosporangium spirale Falcão de Morais 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ra’le. Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; L. neut. adj. spirale, spiraled, referring to spiral spore chains

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25664; DSM 43836; IFO 14215; JCM 3302; KCC 3302; KCC A-302; NBRC 14215; NRRL B-16922; VKM Ac-1311

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16S rRNA gene: AB184575 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Falcão De Morais JO. Elytrosporangium spirale: nova especie de Actinoplanaceae do genero Elytrosporangium. Revista Microbiologia Brazil 1970; 1:79-84.

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 spiralis (Falcão de Morais 1970) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces spiralis (Falcão de Morais 1970) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Elytrosporangium spirale 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 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 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Falcão De Morais JO. Elytrosporangium spirale: nova especie de Actinoplanaceae do genero Elytrosporangium. Revista Microbiologia Brazil 1970; 1:79-84.

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Record number: 775894