Name: Microtetraspora africana (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomadura africana Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, of Africa, Africa, referring to the source of the soil sample

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35107; DSM 43748; IFO 14745; INA 1839; JCM 6240; KCTC 9260; NBRC 14745; NRRL B-16114; RIA 1839; VKM Ac-924

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ269555 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:148-160.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nonomuraea africana corrig. (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Zhang et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nonomuria africana (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Zhang et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Nonomuraea africana corrig. (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Zhang et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardiopsis africana (Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974) Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinomadura africana Preobrazhenskaya and Sveshnikova 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Microtetraspora africana 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 Microtetraspora.

Parent taxon: Microtetraspora Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:148-160.

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