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Species Micromonospora equina

Name: Micromonospora equina Everest and Meyers 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: e.qui’na. L. fem. adj. equina, relating to horses, isolated from a soil sample collected near a horse racing track, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town, South Africa

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-mo-NO-spo-ra e-KWI-na, feminine

Type strain: DSM 45644; JCM 31035; NRRL B-24859; Y22

16S rRNA gene: JF912511 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Everest GJ, Meyers PR. Micromonospora equina sp. nov., isolated from soil from a racecourse. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:879-885. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Micromonospora Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Everest GJ, Meyers PR. Micromonospora equina sp. nov., isolated from soil from a racecourse. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:879-885. 🇿🇦

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Record number: 790563