Name: Herbidospora cretacea Kudo et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.ta’ce.a. L. fem. adj. cretacea, chalk white

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kre-TA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51904; DSM 44071; IFO 15474; JCM 8553; K-319; NBRC 15474; VKM Ac-1997

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16S rRNA gene: D85485 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kudo T, Itoh T, Miyadoh S, Shomura T, Seino A. Herbidospora gen. nov., a new genus of the family Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:319-328. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herbidospora osyris Li et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptosporangium claviforme Petrolini et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Herbidospora Kudo et al. 1993. Publication: Kudo T, Itoh T, Miyadoh S, Shomura T, Seino A. Herbidospora gen. nov., a new genus of the family Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:319-328. 🇯🇵
  • ⏰ According to Ara et al. (2012), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Herbidospora osyris Li et al. 2009. Publication: Ara I, Tsetseg B, Daram D, Suto M, Ando K. Herbidospora mongoliensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and reclassification of Herbidospora osyris and Streptosporangium claviforme as synonyms of Herbidospora cretacea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2322-2329. 🇸🇦
  • ⏰ According to Boondäng et al. (2011), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptosporangium claviforme Petrolini et al. 1993. Publication: Boondaeng A, Suriyachadkun C, Ishida Y, Tamura T, Tokuyama S, Kitpreechavanich V. Herbidospora sakaeratensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and reclassification of Streptosporangium claviforme as a later synonym of Herbidospora cretacea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:777-780. 🇹🇭
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Herbidospora Kudo et al. 1993

Assigned by: Kudo T, Itoh T, Miyadoh S, Shomura T, Seino A. Herbidospora gen. nov., a new genus of the family Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:319-328. 🇯🇵

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