Name: Lentzea aerocolonigenes (Labeda 1986 ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes (ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Labeda 1986

Etymology: a.e.ro.co.lo.ni’ge.nes. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. fem. n. colonia, a colony; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerocolonigenes, producing aerial colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-ro-ko-lo-NI-ge-nes, feminine

Type strain: 4614; ATCC 23870; CBS 609.68; CIP 107109; DSM 40034; IFO 13195; IFO 3837; IMET 7515; ISP 5034; JCM 4150; JCM 4614; NBRC 13195; NBRC 3837; NRRL B-3298; NRRL ISP-5034; OEU 701; RIA 1108; Shinobu 701; VKM Ac-1081

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114804 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)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Streptomyces aerocolonigenes" Shinobu and Kawato 1960	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes (Labeda 1986 ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Labeda et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Nocardia aerocolonigenes" (Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Pridham 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes (ex Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Labeda 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 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: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

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: 798287