Name: Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.bi.do.ca.pil.la’ta. L. masc. adj. albidus, white; L. masc. adj. capillatus, hairy; N.L. fem. adj. albidocapillata, white haired, referring to the abundant whitish aerial hyphae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51859; CCUG 48294; CIP 104842; DSM 44073; IFO 15855; IMMIB D-958; IMSNU 21253; JCM 9732; NBRC 100372; NBRC 15855; NRRL B-24057

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Valid publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Jahnke KD, Weissbrodt H, Budzikiewicz H, Stackebrandt E, Schaal KP. Lentzea gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:357-363.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharothrix albidocapillata (Yassin et al. 1995) Lee et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Jahnke KD, Weissbrodt H, Budzikiewicz H, Stackebrandt E, Schaal KP. Lentzea gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:357-363.
  • 😷 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.
  • 🧍 Lee et al. 2000 [1] suggested that Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995, the type species of the genus Lentzea, be transferred to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Publication: Lee SD, Kim ES, Roe JH, Kim J, Kang SO, Hah YC. Saccharothrix violacea sp. nov., isolated from a gold mine cave, and Saccharothrix albidocapillata comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1315-1323.
  • 🧍 Phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data do not support this proposal and, according to Labeda et al. 2001 [2], Lentzea is considered to be the current correct name of a genus in which the type species is Lentzea albidocapillata. Publication: Labeda DP, Hatano K, Kroppenstedt RM, Tamura T. Revival of the genus Lentzea and proposal for Lechevalieria gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1045-1050.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lentzea albidocapillata subsp. albidocapillata (Yassin et al. 1995) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lentzea albidocapillata subsp. violacea (Lee et al. 2000) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Jahnke KD, Weissbrodt H, Budzikiewicz H, Stackebrandt E, Schaal KP. Lentzea gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:357-363.

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