Name: Gordona amarae (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27808; CIP 104501; DSM 43376; DSM 43392; DSM 43587; HAMBI 2282; IFO 15530; JCM 3171; NBRC 15530; NCIB 11222; NCIMB 11222; NRRL B-16281; NRRL B-8176; SE6; VKM Ac-801

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X80635 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Klatte S, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of Rhodococcus aichiensis Tsukamura 1982 and Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 to the genus Gordona as Gordona aichiensis comb. nov. and Gordona amarae comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:769-773.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Gordonia amarae corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordona amarae (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Ruimy et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Gordona amarae" (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Goodfellow et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Gordonia amarae corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Gordonia amarae corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Ruimy et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Gordonia amarae corrig. (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:485. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

Parent taxon: Gordona (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989

Assigned by: Klatte S, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of Rhodococcus aichiensis Tsukamura 1982 and Nocardia amarae Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974 to the genus Gordona as Gordona aichiensis comb. nov. and Gordona amarae comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:769-773.

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Record number: 783918