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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

Etymology: a’ma.rae. Gr. fem. n. amara, trench, conduit, channel, here a sewage duct; N.L. gen. fem. n. amarae, of a sewage duct

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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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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gordona amarae (Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1974) Klatte et al. 1994	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    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
    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

• 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 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 = 2. — 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 31 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 Listed as Gordona in the notification list. Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:485; Gordona amarae (sic). 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.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Gordona (sic) has been corrected by Rainey, Ward-Rainey, and Stackebrandt 1997 in Stackebrandt et al. 1997. 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: Gordonia corrig. (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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