Name: Kitasatospora azatica corrig. (Nakagaito et al. 1993) Zhang et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptomyces azaticus Nakagaito et al. 1993

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. azatica, referring to the product azaamino acid antitumor agent

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 29755; DSM 41650; IFO 13803; JCM 8798; NBRC 13803

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184494 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. A proposal to revive the genus Kitasatospora (Omura, Takahashi, Iwai, and Tanaka 1982). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1048-1054.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces azaticus Nakagaito et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Kitasatosporia azatica (sic) (Nakagaito et al. 1993) Zhang et al. 1997	orthographically incorrect name, misspelling

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:1053; Kitasatosporia azatica (sic). Publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. A proposal to revive the genus Kitasatospora (Omura, Takahashi, Iwai, and Tanaka 1982). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1048-1054.
  • The original spelling, Kitasatosporia (sic) has been corrected by Zhang et al. 1997. Publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. A proposal to revive the genus Kitasatospora (Omura, Takahashi, Iwai, and Tanaka 1982). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1048-1054.

Parent taxon: Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. A proposal to revive the genus Kitasatospora (Omura, Takahashi, Iwai, and Tanaka 1982). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1048-1054.

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