Name: Microtetraspora malaysiensis Nakajima et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.lay.si.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. malaysiensis, of or pertaining to Malaysia, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44579; H47-7; JCM 11278; NBRC 100735

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB062383 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nakajima Y, Ho CC, Kudo T. Microtetraspora malaysiensis sp. nov., isolated from Malaysian primary dipterocarp forest soil. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2003; 49:181-189.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 95. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1-2.

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 0.11689 (N = 12).
  • 😷 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: Nakajima Y, Ho CC, Kudo T. Microtetraspora malaysiensis sp. nov., isolated from Malaysian primary dipterocarp forest soil. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2003; 49:181-189.

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