Name: Monashia flava Azman et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: DSM 29621; MCCC 1K00454; MUSC 78; NBRC 110749

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF682157 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Azman AS, Zainal N, Mutalib NA, Yin WF, Chan KG, Lee LH. Monashia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:554-561.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Intrasporangium flavum (Azman et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Intrasporangium flavum (Azman et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Monashia Azman et al. 2016. Publication: Azman AS, Zainal N, Mutalib NA, Yin WF, Chan KG, Lee LH. Monashia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:554-561.
  • ❗ Monashia flava is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Monashia.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Monashia Azman et al. 2016

Assigned by: Azman AS, Zainal N, Mutalib NA, Yin WF, Chan KG, Lee LH. Monashia flava gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Intrasporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:554-561.

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