Species ***Nonomuraea* *polychroma***

Name: Nonomuraea polychroma corrig. (Galatenko et al. 1987) Zhang et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomadura polychroma Galatenko et al. 1987

Etymology: po.ly.chro’ma. Gr. masc. adj. polys, many; Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; N.L. neut. n. polychroma, intended to mean that the bacterium produces many colors (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-no-mu-RA͡E-a po-ly-K^HRO-ma, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49500; DSM 43925; IFO 14345; IMET 9743; INA 2755; JCM 6834; KCTC 9277; NBRC 14345; NRRL B-16243; VKM Ac-1084

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U48977 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:411-422. 🇸🇬

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microtetraspora polychroma (Galatenko et al. 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Nonomuria polychroma (Galatenko et al. 1987) Zhang et al. 1998	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Actinomadura polychroma Galatenko et al. 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 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 4 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.
- 🧍 Listed as Nonomuria in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 49:1623; Nonomuria polychroma (sic). Publication: Chiba S, Suzuki M, Ando K. Taxonomic re-evaluation of 'Nocardiopsis' sp. K-252T (= NRRL 15532T): a proposal to transfer this strain to the genus Nonomuraea as Nonomuraea longicatena sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1623-1630. 🇯🇵
- 🧍 The original spelling, Nonomuria (sic) has been corrected by Chiba et al. 1999. Publication: Chiba S, Suzuki M, Ando K. Taxonomic re-evaluation of 'Nocardiopsis' sp. K-252T (= NRRL 15532T): a proposal to transfer this strain to the genus Nonomuraea as Nonomuraea longicatena sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1623-1630. 🇯🇵

Parent taxon: Nonomuraea corrig. Zhang et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zhang Z, Wang Y, Ruan J. Reclassification of Thermomonospora and Microtetraspora. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:411-422. 🇸🇬

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Species Nonomuraea polychroma

Species ***Nonomuraea* *polychroma***