Name: Kitasatospora mediocidica corrig. Labeda 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.o.ci.di.ca. N.L. neut. n. mediocidinum, mediocidin, antbiotic produced by the type strain; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. mediocidica, posessing mediocidin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49055; DSM 43929; IFO 14789; JCM 9868; NBRC 14789; NRRL B-16109

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184621 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP. Kitasatosporia mediocidica sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:287-290.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kitasatosporia mediocidica Labeda 1988	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces mediocidicus (Labeda 1988) Wellington et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • On the basis of phylogenetic (analysis of 16S rDNA sequences and analysis of 16S-23S gene spacers), chemotaxonomic, and phenotypic evidence, Zhang et al. 1997 propose that the genus Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983 be either a sister taxon of the genus Streptomyces or a lineage that originated fom within Streptomyces species. 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: Labeda DP. Kitasatosporia mediocidica sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:287-290.

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