Name: Lentzea flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomadura flava Gauze et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, referring to the color of the substrate mycelium

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29533; BCRC 13328; CCRC 13328; CIP 107110; DSM 43885; IFO 14521; INA 2171; JCM 3296; NBRC 14521; NRRL B-16131; VKM Ac-906

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114808 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
    Nocardiopsis flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Saccharothrix flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinomadura flava Gauze et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lechevalieria flava (Gauze et al. 1974) Labeda et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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: 798290