Name: Microtetraspora niveoalba Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.ve.o.al.ba. L. masc. adj. niveus, snowy; L. adj. albus -a -um, white; N.L. fem. adj. niveoalba, snow white

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27301; DSM 43174; IFO 15239; JCM 3149; NBRC 15239

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U48976 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil. IX. New species of the genus Microbispora and Microtetraspora and their isolation methods. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1971; 49:887-894.

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 0.12751 (N = 12).

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

Assigned by: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil. IX. New species of the genus Microbispora and Microtetraspora and their isolation methods. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1971; 49:887-894.

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