Species Lentzea waywayandensis

Name: Lentzea waywayandensis (Labeda and Lyons 1989) Labeda et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Saccharothrix waywayandensis Labeda and Lyons 1989

Etymology: way.way.an.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. waywayandensis, of or belonging to Lake Waywayanda, N.J., of the soil samples from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LENT-ze-a way-way-an-DEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51594; DSM 44232; IFO 14970; JCM 9114; LL-37Z-15; NBRC 14970; NRRL B-16159; VKM Ac-1970

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114813 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharothrix waywayandensis Labeda and Lyons 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: 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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