Name: Kitasatospora setae corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se’tae. L. gen. fem. n. setae, of Seta

Pronunciation, gender: SE-ta͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33774; DSM 43861; IFO 14216; JCM 3304; KM-6054; NBRC 14216; NRRL B-16185; VKM Ac-900

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB022868 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Omura S, Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Tanaka H. Kitasatosporia, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1982; 35:1013-1019.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Kitasatospora setalba Ōmura et al. 1983	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Kitasatosporia setae Ōmura et al. 1983	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces setae (Ōmura et al. 1983) Wellington et al. 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Kitasatosporia setalba" Ōmura et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983. Publication: Omura S, Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Tanaka H. Kitasatosporia, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1982; 35:1013-1019.
  • 😷 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 25 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 35: 221, formerly Kitasatosporia setalba. Publication: Ōmura S, Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Tanaka H. Revised nomenclature of Kitasatosporia setalba. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:221.
  • 🧍 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. — The original spelling of the specific epithet, setalba (sic), is considered to be a nonsense word by the Associate Editor, IJSB [1] and the specific epithet has been corrected by Ōmura et al. 1985 [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Parent taxon: Kitasatospora corrig. Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Omura S, Takahashi Y, Iwai Y, Tanaka H. Kitasatosporia, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1982; 35:1013-1019.

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