Name: Nocardiopsis antarctica corrig. Abyzov et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern, here pertaining to Antarctica

Pronunciation, gender: ant-ARK-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 25-145; ATCC 43517; DSM 43884; IFO 14447; JCM 6843; NBRC 14447; NRRL B-16236; VKM A-836

16S rRNA gene: X97885 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Abyzov SS, Philippova SN, Kuznetsov VD. Nocardiopsis antarcticus-a new species of actinomyces, isolated from the ice sheet of the central Antarctic glacier. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSR Ser. Biol. 1983; 4:559-568.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Streptothrix dassonvillei" Brocq-Rousseau 1904	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptomyces flavidofuscus Preobrazhenskaya 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardiopsis antarcticus Abyzov et al. 1984	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Streptothrix dassonvillei" Brocq-Rousseau 1904. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏲ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis albidorubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubida corrig. Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis albidorubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubida corrig. Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ❗ Nocardiopsis antarctica 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 Nocardiopsis.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 46:1089. Publication: Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey N, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. The genus Nocardiopsis represents a phylogenetically coherent taxon and a distinct actinomycete lineage: proposal of Nocardiopsaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1088-1092.

Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Abyzov SS, Philippova SN, Kuznetsov VD. Nocardiopsis antarcticus-a new species of actinomyces, isolated from the ice sheet of the central Antarctic glacier. Izv. Akad. Nauk SSR Ser. Biol. 1983; 4:559-568.

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