Name: Pseudoamycolata halophobica Akimov et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.pho.bi.ca. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt, the sea; Gr. masc. n. phobos, fear, dread; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. halophobica, salt-fearing, referring to the inability to grow in the presence of 3% NaCl

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51535; DSM 43089; IFO 15048; IMRU 1300; JCM 9421; M.P. Lechevalier SS1/1; NBRC 15048; NRRL B-16514; VKM Ac-1069

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16S rRNA gene: AJ252827 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Akimov VN, Evtushenko LI, Dobritsa SV. Pseudoamycolata halophobica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:457-461.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudonocardia halophobica (Akimov et al. 1989) McVeigh et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudonocardia halophobica (Akimov et al. 1989) McVeigh et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudoamycolata Akimov et al. 1989. Publication: Akimov VN, Evtushenko LI, Dobritsa SV. Pseudoamycolata halophobica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:457-461.
  • ❗ Pseudoamycolata halophobica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pseudoamycolata.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudoamycolata Akimov et al. 1989

Assigned by: Akimov VN, Evtushenko LI, Dobritsa SV. Pseudoamycolata halophobica gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:457-461.

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Record number: 779936