Name: Promicromonospora kroppenstedtii Alonso-Vega et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: krop.pen.sted’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kroppenstedtii, of Kroppenstedt, named in honour of Reiner M. Kroppenstedt for his valuable contribution to the chemotaxonomy and systematics of actinobacteria

Pronunciation, gender: krop-pen-STED-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 19349; JCM 16033; LMG 24382; RS16

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM709608 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Alonso-Vega P, Santamaria RI, Martinez-Molina E, Trujillo ME. Promicromonospora kroppenstedtii sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1476-1481. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09325 (N = 10).
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Promicromonospora Krassilnikov et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Alonso-Vega P, Santamaria RI, Martinez-Molina E, Trujillo ME. Promicromonospora kroppenstedtii sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1476-1481. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 786334