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Species Kitasatospora herbaricolor

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Actinomycetota Actinomycetes Kitasatosporales Streptomycetaceae Kitasatospora Kitasatospora herbaricolor

Name: Kitasatospora herbaricolor (Kawato and Shinobu 1959) Labeda et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Streptomyces herbaricolor Kawato and Shinobu 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: her.ba.ri’co.lor. L. fem. n. herba, grass, green blades; L. adj. suff. -color, colored (derived from noun color); from L. masc. n. color, color, shade; N.L. fem. adj. herbaricolor, intended to mean grass green colored, referring to the grass green diffusible pigment produced by the microorganism on chemically defined media [probably better: herbicolor]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ki-ta-sa-TO-spo-ra her-ba-RI-ko-lor, feminine

Type strain: 608; AS 41849; ATCC 23922; BCRC 13772; CBS 424.61; CBS 906.68; CCRC 13772; CGMCC 4.1849; CGMCC 4.1887; DSM 40123; IFO 12876; IFO 3932; ISP 5123; JCM 4138; JCM 4645; NBRC 12876; NBRC 3932; NCIB 9837; NCIMB 9837; NRRL B-3299; NRRL ISP-5123; RIA 1126; RIA 654; Shinobu 608; VKM Ac-793

See detailed strain information at bacdive-logo

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at tygs-logo

16S rRNA gene: AB184212 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Labeda DP, Dunlap CA, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Streptomycetaceae using multi-locus sequence analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:563-583. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Dunlap CA, Rong X, Huang Y, Doroghazi JR, Ju KS, Metcalf WW. Phylogenetic relationships in the family Streptomycetaceae using multi-locus sequence analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:563-583. 🇺🇸

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.795575Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 795575

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