Species Nocardiopsis arabica

Name: Nocardiopsis arabica corrig. Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ra’bi.ca. L. fem. adj. arabica, pertaining to Arabia, referring to the isolation of the type strain in Egypt

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-kar-di-OP-sis a-RA-bi-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.2057; DSM 45083; JCM 16007; S186

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF095149 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hozzein WN, Goodfellow M. Nocardiopsis arabia sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from a sand-dune soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2520-2524. 🇪🇬

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Streptomonospora arabica corrig. (Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008) Zhang et al. 2013

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Streptomonospora arabica corrig. (Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008) Zhang et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Nocardiopsis arabia Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ Nocardiopsis arabica 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.
- 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-12-09.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙅 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Hozzein WN, Goodfellow M. Nocardiopsis arabia sp. nov., a halotolerant actinomycete isolated from a sand-dune soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2520-2524. 🇪🇬

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Record number: 69313

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Species Nocardiopsis arabica