Name: Marmoricola aurantiacus Urzì et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-a-kus, masculine

Type strain: BC 361; CIP 106770; DSM 12652; JCM 10917; NCIMB 13748

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16S rRNA gene: Y18629 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urzi C, Salamone P, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. Marmoricola aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coccoid member of the family Nocardioidaceae isolated from a marble statue. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:529-536.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nocardioides aurantiacus (Urzì et al. 2000) Wang et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardioides aurantiacus (Urzì et al. 2000) Wang et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marmoricola Urzì et al. 2000. Publication: Urzi C, Salamone P, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. Marmoricola aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coccoid member of the family Nocardioidaceae isolated from a marble statue. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:529-536.
  • ❗ Marmoricola aurantiacus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Marmoricola.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marmoricola Urzì et al. 2000

Assigned by: Urzi C, Salamone P, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. Marmoricola aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coccoid member of the family Nocardioidaceae isolated from a marble statue. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:529-536.

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