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. — 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 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