Name: Frankia alni (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Schinzia alni" Woronin 1866

Etymology: al’ni. L. fem. n. alnus, the alder and also a genus name (Alnus); L. gen. fem. n. alni, of the alder (or of Alnus)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACN14a; CECT 9034; DSM 45986; no culture isolated originally

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX674376 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Von Tubeuf K. Pflanzenkrankheiten durch Kryptogame Parasiten verursacht. Verlag J Springer, Berlin, 1895.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Schinzia alni" Woronin 1866	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Frankia subtilis" Brunchorst 1886	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2016 Nouioui I, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Montero-Calasanz MD, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schumann P, Rohde M, Goodfellow M, Fernandez MP, Normand P, et al. Proposal of a type strain for Frankia alni (Woronin 1866) Von Tubeuf 1895, emended description of Frankia alni, and recognition of Frankia casuarinae sp. nov. and Frankia elaeagni sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5201-5210. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brunchorst J. Über einige Wurzelanschwellungen, besonders diejenigen von Alnus und den Elaegnaceen. Untersuchungen aus dem botanischen Institut in Tübingen 1886; 2:151-177.
  • ⏰ According to Becking (1970), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Frankia subtilis" Brunchorst 1886. Publication: Becking JH. Frankiaceae fam. nov. (Actinomycetales) with one new combination and six new species of the genus Frankia Brunchorst 1886, 174. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:201-220.
  • 😷 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 44 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

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
    "Frankia alni subsp. pommerii" Lalonde et al. 1988	not validly published	preferred name
    "Frankia alni subsp. vandijkii" Lalonde et al. 1988	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Frankia Brunchorst 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Von Tubeuf K. Pflanzenkrankheiten durch Kryptogame Parasiten verursacht. Verlag J Springer, Berlin, 1895.

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Record number: 776320