Species ***Nonomuraea* *candida***

Name: Nonomuraea candida le Roes and Meyers 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: can’di.da. L. fem. adj. candida, shining white, pertaining to the light coloring of the substrate and aerial mycelial mass when grown on oatmeal agar (IPS-3)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-no-mu-RA͡E-a KAN-di-da, feminine

Type strain: DSM 45086; HMC10; JCM 15928; NRRL B-24552

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ285421 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roes Ml, Meyers PR. Nonomuraea candida sp. nov., a new species from South African soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2008; 93:133-139. 🇿🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 125. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The specific epithet candida is a "L. fem. adj.", not a "M.L. fem. n." as cited in the paper by le Roes and Meyers 2009. 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. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Nonomuraea corrig. Zhang et al. 1998

Assigned by: Roes Ml, Meyers PR. Nonomuraea candida sp. nov., a new species from South African soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2008; 93:133-139. 🇿🇦

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Species Nonomuraea candida

Species ***Nonomuraea* *candida***