Name: Promicromonospora xylanilytica Qin et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan, a plant polymer; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. xylanilytica, xylan-dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: xy-la-ni-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208046; DSM 21603; JCM 19561; YIM 61515

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ214352 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qin S, Jiang JH, Klenk HP, Zhu WY, Zhao GZ, Zhao LX, Tang SK, Xu LH, Li WJ. Promicromonospora xylanilytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from surface-sterilized leaves of the medicinal plant Maytenus austroyunnanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:84-89.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10009 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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

Assigned by: Qin S, Jiang JH, Klenk HP, Zhu WY, Zhao GZ, Zhao LX, Tang SK, Xu LH, Li WJ. Promicromonospora xylanilytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from surface-sterilized leaves of the medicinal plant Maytenus austroyunnanensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:84-89.

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Record number: 789631