Name: Microtetraspora tyrrhenii Tomita et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tyr.rhe’ni.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. tyrrhenii, of the Tyrrhenian Sea (part of the Mediterranean Sea) which faces the location from which the soil sample was taken and from which the strain was isolated (sic) [probably better: tyrrhenica]

Pronunciation, gender: … tyr-R^HE-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 53931; Q464-31

Effective publication: Tomita K, Oda N, Hoshino Y, Ohkusa N, Chikazawa H. Fluvirucins A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5, new antibiotics active against influenza A virus. IV. Taxonomy on the producing organisms. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1991; 44:940-948.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in ATCC.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The strain ATCC 53931 is no longer available at the ATCC and most probably there is not alternative collection. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2009-12-01.

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

Assigned by: Tomita K, Oda N, Hoshino Y, Ohkusa N, Chikazawa H. Fluvirucins A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, B4 and B5, new antibiotics active against influenza A virus. IV. Taxonomy on the producing organisms. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1991; 44:940-948.

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