Name: Glycomyces tenuis Evtushenko et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te’nu.is L. masc./fem. adj. tenuis, thin, slender, referring to the very thin vegetative hyphae of this strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49849; DSM 44171; IFO 15904; INA n-5888; JCM 9087; NBRC 15904; NRRL B-16895; VKM Ac-1250

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16S rRNA gene: LC062609 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Evtushenko LI, Taptykova SD, Akimov VN, Semyonova SA, Kalakoutskii LV. Glycomyces tenuis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:154-157.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Parent taxon: Glycomyces Labeda et al. 1985

Assigned by: Evtushenko LI, Taptykova SD, Akimov VN, Semyonova SA, Kalakoutskii LV. Glycomyces tenuis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:154-157.

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