Name: Planomonospora alba Mertz 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, white, referring to the white aerial hyphae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A82600; ATCC 51588; DSM 44227; JCM 9373; NRRL 18924

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB062381 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mertz FP. Planomonospora alba sp. nov. and Planomonospora sphaerica sp. nov., two new species isolated from soil by baiting techniques. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:274-281.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Planomonospora Thiemann et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mertz FP. Planomonospora alba sp. nov. and Planomonospora sphaerica sp. nov., two new species isolated from soil by baiting techniques. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:274-281.

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