Name: Lentzea californiensis Labeda et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.li.for.ni.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. californiensis, pertaining to California, referring to the source of this isolate, soil from California

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 43393; IMRU 550; JCM 11305; NRLL B-16137; NRRL B-16137

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF174435 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Lentzea californiensis Labeda et al. 2001 was originally classified as Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes (now Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes). — The specific epithet californiensis is a Neo Latin adjective not a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Labeda et al. 2001. Publication: Labeda DP. Transfer of "Nocardia aerocolonigenes" (Shinobu and Kawato 1960) Pridham 1970 into the genus Saccharothrix Labeda, Testa, Lechevalier, and Lechevalier 1984 as Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:109-110.

Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: 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.

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