Name: Kitasatospora phosalacinea corrig. Takahashi et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.sa.la.ci’ne.a. N.L. fem. adj. phosalacinea, pertaining to phosalacine (an antibiotic produced by the organism)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … p^ho-sa-la-KI-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: DSM 43860; IFO 14372; JCM 3340; KA-338; NBRC 14372; NRRL B-16230; VKM Ac-2006

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16S rRNA gene: AB022869 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Ōmura S. Two new species of the genus Kitasatosporia, Kitasatosporia phosalacinea sp. nov. and Kitasatosporia griseola sp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:377-387. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 19. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:535.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kitasatosporia phosalacinea Takahashi et al. 1985	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces phosalacineus (Takahashi et al. 1985) 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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 4 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.
  • 🧍 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. — 🧍 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: Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Ōmura S. Two new species of the genus Kitasatosporia, Kitasatosporia phosalacinea sp. nov. and Kitasatosporia griseola sp. nov. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 30:377-387. 🇯🇵

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