Name: Kibdelosporangium albatum Tomita et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ba’tum. L. neut. part. adj. albatum, clothed in white, referring to the colour of the aerial mycelium and the non-chromogenicity of the organism

Pronunciation, gender: al-BA-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 55061; DSM 44149; JCM 9917; NBRC 101910; NRRL B-24461; R761-7

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16S rRNA gene: AJ512462 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tomita K, Hoshino Y, Miyaki T. Kibdelosporangium albatum sp. nov., producer of the antiviral antibiotics cycloviracins. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:297-301. 🇯🇵

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: synonym

Correct name: Allokutzneria albata (Tomita et al. 1993) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allokutzneria albata (Tomita et al. 1993) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kibdelosporangium albatum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kibdelosporangium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Kibdelosporangium Shearer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Tomita K, Hoshino Y, Miyaki T. Kibdelosporangium albatum sp. nov., producer of the antiviral antibiotics cycloviracins. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:297-301. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 777093