Name: Hoyosella subflava (Wang et al. 2010) Hamada et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amycolicicoccus subflavus Wang et al. 2010

Etymology: sub.fla’va. L. fem. adj. subflava, yellowish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ho-yo-SEL-la sub-FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.3532; DQS3-9A1; DSM 45089; NBRC 109087

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF564379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Shibata C, Sakurai K, Hosoyama A, Oji S, Teramoto K, Tamura T. Reclassification of Amycolicicoccus subflavus as Hoyosella subflava comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Hoyosella and Hoyosella altamirensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4711-4715. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Amycolicicoccus subflavus Wang et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20016 (N = 8).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009

Assigned by: Hamada M, Shibata C, Sakurai K, Hosoyama A, Oji S, Teramoto K, Tamura T. Reclassification of Amycolicicoccus subflavus as Hoyosella subflava comb. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Hoyosella and Hoyosella altamirensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4711-4715. 🇯🇵

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