Name: Pseudosporangium ferrugineum Ara et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ru.gi’ne.um. L. neut. adj. ferrugineum, rusty brown, referring to the orange-dark brown- to clove brown-coloured substrate mycelium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3-44-a(19); DSM 45348; JCM 14710; MTCC 9007

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB302183 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ara I, Matsumoto A, Bakir MA, Kudo T, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Pseudosporangium ferrugineum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1644-1652.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Actinoplanes ferrugineus" (Ara et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudosporangium Ara et al. 2008. Publication: Ara I, Matsumoto A, Bakir MA, Kudo T, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Pseudosporangium ferrugineum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1644-1652.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Pseudosporangium Ara et al. 2008

Assigned by: Ara I, Matsumoto A, Bakir MA, Kudo T, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Pseudosporangium ferrugineum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1644-1652.

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