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Species Nocardiopsis metallicus
Name: Nocardiopsis metallicus Schippers et al. 2002
Etymology: me.tal’li.cus. L. masc. adj. metallicus, the miner, referring to the ability to mobilize metals from slag, nominative in apposition (sic) (can be noun or adjective)
Pronunciation, gender: me-TAL-li-kus, feminine
Type strain: DSM 44598; JCM 12409; KBS 6; NBRC 101841; NRRL B-24159
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ420769
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Schippers A, Bosecker K, Willscher S, Sproer C, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal-leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2291-2295. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Schippers A, Bosecker K, Willscher S, Sproer C, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal-leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2291-2295.
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Record number: 778867
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