Species ***Nocardiopsis* *kunsanensis***

Name: Nocardiopsis kunsanensis Chun et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kun.sa.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. kunsanensis, pertaining to Kunsan, a location in Korea where the species was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-kar-di-OP-sis kun-sa-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44524; HA-9; JCM 10721; KCTC 9831; NBRC 100348

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB368716 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chun J, Bae KS, Moon EY, Jung SO, Lee HK, Kim SJ. Nocardiopsis kunsanensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1909-1913. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Nocardiopsis litoralis Chen et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Claverias et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis litoralis Chen et al. 2009. Publication: Claverias FP, Serna-Cardona N, Cumsille A, Zamora-Leiva L, Riesco R, Couve E, Trujillo ME, Camara B. Spiractinospora alimapuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of Valparaiso Bay (Chile) and proposal for reclassification of two species of the genus Nocardiopsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5207. 🇨🇱
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5292.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Hamedi J, Mohammadipanah F, Ventosa A. Systematic and biotechnological aspects of halophilic and halotolerant actinomycetes. Extremophiles 2013; 17:1-13. 🇮🇷

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

Assigned by: Chun J, Bae KS, Moon EY, Jung SO, Lee HK, Kim SJ. Nocardiopsis kunsanensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1909-1913. 🇰🇷

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Species Nocardiopsis kunsanensis

Species ***Nocardiopsis* *kunsanensis***