Name: Microtetraspora fusca Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fus’ca. L. fem. adj. fusca, dark, tawny

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23058; DSM 43841; IFO 13915; JCM 3183; NBRC 13915; NRRL B-3628; VKM Ac-662

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U48973 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 50:295-303.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12512 (N = 12).
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 50:295-303.

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Record number: 778248