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Species Kitasatospora indigofera
Name: Kitasatospora indigofera (Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Nouioui et al. 2018
Basonym: Streptomyces indigoferus Shinobu and Kawato 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: in.di.go’fe.ra. French masc. n. indigo, the dye indigo; L. masc. adj. suff. -fer, bearing; N.L. fem. adj. indigofera, bearing indigo, referring to production of blue to green diffusible pigments on chemically defined media
Pronunciation, gender: in-di-GO-fe-ra, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 23924; BCRC 13773; CBS 908.68; CCRC 13773; DSM 40124; IFO 12878; IFO 3868; IMET 42938; JCM 4646; NBRC 12878; NBRC 3868; NCIB 9718; NCIMB 9718; NRRL B-3301; NRRL ISP-5124; RIA 1127
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB184214
Analyse
FASTA
Effective 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. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Streptomyces indigoferus Shinobu and Kawato 1960 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
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.
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Record number: 798643
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