Name: Kitasatoa purpurea Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.pu’re.a L. fem. adj. purpurea, purple coloured

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27787; BCRC 12101; CCRC 12101; DSM 43362; IFO 13927; IMET 9041; JCM 3172; KCC 3172; KCC A-0172; KCTC 9187; LMG 19368; NBRC 13927; NCIB 11311; NCIMB 11311; NRRL B-5403; VKM Ac-1298

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16S rRNA gene: MT760422 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Matsumae AM, Ohtani M, Takeshima H, Hata T. A new genus of Actinomycetales: Kitasatoa gen. nov. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) 1968; 21:616-625.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces purpureus (Matsumae and Hata 1968) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces purpureus (Matsumae and Hata 1968) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Kitasatoa kauaiensis Matsumae et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Kitasatoa nagasakiensis Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Kitasatoa diplospora Matsumae et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Kitasatoa Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Matsumae AM, Ohtani M, Takeshima H, Hata T. A new genus of Actinomycetales: Kitasatoa gen. nov. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) 1968; 21:616-625.
  • According to Goodfellow et al. (1986), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatoa diplospora Matsumae et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Kitasatoa purpurea Matsumae and Hata to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces purpureus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:65-66.
  • According to Goodfellow et al. (1986), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatoa kauaiensis Matsumae et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Kitasatoa purpurea Matsumae and Hata to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces purpureus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:65-66.
  • According to Goodfellow et al. (1986), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatoa nagasakiensis Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST, Alderson G. Transfer of Kitasatoa purpurea Matsumae and Hata to the genus Streptomyces as Streptomyces purpureus comb. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:65-66.

Parent taxon: Kitasatoa Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Matsumae AM, Ohtani M, Takeshima H, Hata T. A new genus of Actinomycetales: Kitasatoa gen. nov. Journal of Antibiotics (Tokyo) 1968; 21:616-625.

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