Name: Kibdelosporangium aridum Shearer et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’ri.dum. L. neut. adj. aridum, dry, arid

Pronunciation, gender: A-ri-dum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 39323; DSM 43828; IFO 14493; JCM 7912; NBRC 14493; NRRL B-16436; SK&F AAD-216; VKM Ac-1316

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16S rRNA gene: AJ311174 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shearer MC, Colman PM, Ferrin RM, Nisbet LJ, Nash Iii CH. New genus of the Actinomycetales: Kibdelosporangium aridum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:47-54.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kibdelosporangium Shearer et al. 1986. Publication: Shearer MC, Colman PM, Ferrin RM, Nisbet LJ, Nash Iii CH. New genus of the Actinomycetales: Kibdelosporangium aridum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:47-54.
  • 😷 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. — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kibdelosporangium aridum subsp. aridum (Shearer et al. 1986) Shearer et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kibdelosporangium aridum subsp. largum Shearer et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kibdelosporangium Shearer et al. 1986

Assigned by: Shearer MC, Colman PM, Ferrin RM, Nisbet LJ, Nash Iii CH. New genus of the Actinomycetales: Kibdelosporangium aridum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:47-54.

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Record number: 784047