Name: Prauserella rugosa (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Kim and Goodfellow 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Amycolatopsis rugosa (ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Etymology: ru.go’sa. L. fem. adj. rugosa, wrinkled

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ru-GO-sa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43014; CIP 106520; DSM 43194; IFO 14506; IMRU 3760; JCM 9736; NBRC 14506; NCIB 8926; NCIMB 8926; NRRL B-2295; VKM Ac-1243

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF051342 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SB, Goodfellow M. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis rugosa Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Prauserella rugosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:507-512. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardia rugosa (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Goodfellow and Lechevalier 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Amycolatopsis rugosa (ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Prauserella Kim and Goodfellow 1999. Publication: Kim SB, Goodfellow M. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis rugosa Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Prauserella rugosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:507-512. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 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 8 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: Prauserella Kim and Goodfellow 1999

Assigned by: Kim SB, Goodfellow M. Reclassification of Amycolatopsis rugosa Lechevalier et al. 1986 as Prauserella rugosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:507-512. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 779777