Species Nocardia autotrophica

Name: Nocardia autotrophica (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Hirsch 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Streptomyces autotrophicus" Takamiya and Tubaki 1956

Etymology: au.to.tro’phi.ca. Gr. masc. pron. autos, himself; N.L. fem. adj. trophica, nursing, tending or feeding; from Gr. fem. adj. trophikê; N.L. fem. adj. autotrophica, self-nourishing, referring to the ability to grow at the expense of H2 and CO2

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19727; CIP 107114; DSM 40011; DSM 535; IFO 12743; JCM 4348; NBRC 12743; NRRL B-11275; VKM Ac-941

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ252824 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hirsch P. [Hydrogen activation and chemo-autotrophy in Actinomycetes]. Arch Mikrobiol 1961; 39:360-373.

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: synonym

Correct name: Pseudonocardia autotrophica (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Warwick et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Proactinomyces autotrophicus" (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Kuznetsov et al. 1978	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Amycolata autotrophica (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudonocardia autotrophica (Takamiya and Tubaki 1956) Warwick et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Streptomyces autotrophicus" Takamiya and Tubaki 1956	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- Nocardia autotrophica is the correct name 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 Nocardia.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hirsch P. [Hydrogen activation and chemo-autotrophy in Actinomycetes]. Arch Mikrobiol 1961; 39:360-373.

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Record number: 778692

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