Name: Microellobosporia cinerea Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ci.ne’re.a. L. fem. adj. cinerea, ash-colored

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15840; BCRC 11616; CBS 356.67; CCRC 11616; CGMCC 4.1672; DSM 43033; IFM 1137; IFM 1237; IFO 12247; IMET 43557; JCM 3040; KCC 3040; KCC A-40; KCTC 9066; NBRC 12247; NCIB 9586; NCIMB 9586; NRRL B-2909; VKM Ac-812

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16S rRNA gene: AB184072 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cross T, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microellobosporia gen. nov. Journal of General Microbiology 1963; 31:421-429.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces cinereus (Cross et al. 1963) Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces cinereus (Cross et al. 1963) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Microellobosporia Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cross T, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microellobosporia gen. nov. Journal of General Microbiology 1963; 31:421-429.
  • ❗ Microellobosporia cinerea 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 Microellobosporia.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Microellobosporia Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cross T, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microellobosporia gen. nov. Journal of General Microbiology 1963; 31:421-429.

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Record number: 778147