Name: Microellobosporia violacea (Tsyganov et al. 1964) Pridham 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Macrospora violaceus" Tsyganov et al. 1964

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, violet-colored, violet

Pronunciation, gender: wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43727; BCRC 11564; CCRC 11564; CGMCC 4.1464; DSM 43167; IFM 1151; IFM 1242; IFO 12517; IMET 43616; JCM 3047; JCM 3065; KCC 3047; KCC A-47; LMG 19363; NBRC 12517; NCIB 9589; NCIMB 9589; NRRL B-16943; RIA 795; VKM Ac-1234

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EF178684 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pridham TG. Microellobosporia Cross, Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1963, 422. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 843-845.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Streptomyces yerevanensis Goodfellow et al. 1986

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Macrospora violaceus" Tsyganov et al. 1964	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptomyces yerevanensis Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Microellobosporia violacea 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. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

Assigned by: Pridham TG. Microellobosporia Cross, Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1963, 422. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 843-845.

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Record number: 778150