Name: Mzabimyces algeriensis Saker et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ge.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. algeriensis, pertaining to Algeria, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: al-ge-ri-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 46680; H195; MTCC 12101

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ574202 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Halopolyspora algeriensis (Saker et al. 2015) Lai et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Halopolyspora algeriensis (Saker et al. 2015) Lai et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015. Publication: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.
  • ❗ Mzabimyces algeriensis 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 Mzabimyces.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Mzabimyces Saker et al. 2015

Assigned by: Saker R, Bouras N, Zitouni A, Ghoul M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sabaou N, Klenk HP. Mzabimyces algeriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinobacterium isolated from a Saharan soil, and proposal of Mzabimycetaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1021-1030.

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