Name: Kitasatospora cineracea Tajima et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ci.ne.ra’ce.a. L. fem. adj. cineracea, similar to ash, ashy, ash-gray, referring to the color of the aerial mycelium

Pronunciation, gender: ki-ne-RA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 16811; CIP 107255; DSM 44780; IAM 15157; IFO 16452; JCM 10915; KCTC 19932; NBRC 16452; NCIMB 14261; NRRL B-23134; NRRL B-24134; SK-3255

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB022875 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tajima K, Takahashi Y, Seino A, Iwai Y, Omura S. Description of two novel species of the genus Kitasatospora Omura et al. 1982, Kitasatospora cineracea sp. nov. and Kitasatospora niigatensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1765-1771.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kitasatospora niigatensis Tajima et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bouznada et al. 2023 Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Meklat A. Genome-based reclassification of Kitasatospora niigatensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora cineracea Tajima et al. (2001). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1327-1335. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Bouznada et al. (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora niigatensis Tajima et al. 2001. Publication: Bouznada K, Belaouni HA, Meklat A. Genome-based reclassification of Kitasatospora niigatensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Kitasatospora cineracea Tajima et al. (2001). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1327-1335.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Tajima et al. 2001, the type strain NRRL B-24134 is erroneously cited as NRRL B-23134. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Tajima K, Takahashi Y, Seino A, Iwai Y, Omura S. Description of two novel species of the genus Kitasatospora Omura et al. 1982, Kitasatospora cineracea sp. nov. and Kitasatospora niigatensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1765-1771.

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