Name: Lentzea kentuckyensis Labeda et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ken.tuc.ky.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kentuckyensis, from Kentucky, named after the place of origin of the type strain, the state of Kentucky, USA

Pronunciation, gender: ken-tuk-ky-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44909; JCM 14913; LDDC 2876-05; NRRL B-24416

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16S rRNA gene: DQ291145 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Sells SF, Kroppenstedt RM. Lentzea kentuckyensis sp. nov., of equine origin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1780-1783.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

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 terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Sells SF, Kroppenstedt RM. Lentzea kentuckyensis sp. nov., of equine origin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1780-1783.

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Record number: 786562