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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau’ca. L. fem. adj. glauca, grayish

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23057; DSM 43311; IFO 14761; JCM 3300; NBRC 14761; NRRL B-3735; VKM Ac-663

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85490 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:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Microtetraspora Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 50:295-303.

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: 778249