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

Gender: neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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