Name: Kitasatosporia cystarginea Kusakabe and Isono 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kyst-ar-GI-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49931; DSM 41680; FERM P-8006; IFO 14836; JCM 7356; KCTC 9746; NBRC 14836; RK-419; VKM Ac-2004

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16S rRNA gene: AB022872 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kusakabe H, Isono K. Taxonomic studies on Kitasatosporia cystarginea sp. nov., which produces a new antifungal antibiotic cystargin. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1988; 41:1758-1762.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 41. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:327-328.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Kitasatospora cystarginea corrig. Kusakabe and Isono 1992

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces cystargineus (Kusakabe and Isono 1992) Nakagaito et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kitasatospora cystarginea corrig. Kusakabe and Isono 1992	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Kitasatosporia Ōmura et al. 1983

Assigned by: Kusakabe H, Isono K. Taxonomic studies on Kitasatosporia cystarginea sp. nov., which produces a new antifungal antibiotic cystargin. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1988; 41:1758-1762.

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Record number: 777137