Species ***Nocardiopsis* *xinjiangensis***

Name: Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis Li et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xin.jiang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. xinjiangensis, pertaining to Xinjiang, the Province of western China in which the sample was collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-kar-di-OP-sis xin-jian͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 16285; CCRC 16285; CCTCC AA 99004; DSM 44589; JCM 12328; YIM 90004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF251709 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li MG, Li WJ, Xu P, Cui XL, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saline soil sample in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:317-321. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Brachystreptospora xinjiangensis" (Li et al. 2003) Stach et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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:
- 😷 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 7 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.
- 🧍 In the paper by Li et al., the strain CCTCC AA 99004 is cited as CCTCC AA99004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 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: Li MG, Li WJ, Xu P, Cui XL, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a saline soil sample in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:317-321. 🇨🇳

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Species Nocardiopsis xinjiangensis

Species ***Nocardiopsis* *xinjiangensis***