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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi’ri.dis L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, green

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 27103; BCRC 13398; CBS 833.70; CCRC 13398; CIP 105478; DSM 43175; IFO 15238; IMET 9546; JCM 3112; KCTC 9290; NBRC 15238; VKM Ac-1315

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16S rRNA gene: AJ420141 Analyse FASTA

Original 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actinomadura viridis (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Miyadoh et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinomadura viridis (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Miyadoh et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Actinomadura malachitica Lavrova et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Miyadoh et al. (1989), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Actinomadura malachitica Lavrova et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Miyadoh S, Anzai H, Amano S, Shomura T. Actinomadura malachitica and Microtetraspora viridis are synonyms and should be transferred as Actinomadura viridis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:152-158.

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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