Name: Rugosimonospora africana Monciardini et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.fri.ca’na. L. fem. adj. africana, African, referring to the origin of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Delta3; DSM 45228; NBRC 104875

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM208262 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Monciardini P, Cavaletti L, Ranghetti A, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Sosio M, Mezzelani A, Donadio S. Novel members of the family Micromonosporaceae, Rugosimonospora acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rugosimonospora africana sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2752-2758.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16399 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rugosimonospora Monciardini et al. 2009

Assigned by: Monciardini P, Cavaletti L, Ranghetti A, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Sosio M, Mezzelani A, Donadio S. Novel members of the family Micromonosporaceae, Rugosimonospora acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov. and Rugosimonospora africana sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2752-2758.

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Record number: 788215