Name: Saccharomonospora amisosensis Veyisoglu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mi.so.sen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. amisosensis, of or belonging to Amisos, Samsun, Turkey

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-mi-so-SEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DS3030; DSM 45685; KCTC 29069; NRRL B-24885

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN989292 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Veyisoglu A, Sazak A, Cetin D, Guven K, Sahin N. Saccharomonospora amisosensis sp. nov., isolated from deep marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3782-3786. 🇹🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Runmao, the type strain is incorrectly cited as SIA (sic) 86128. Publication: Yoon JH, Lee ST, Kim SB, Goodfellow M, Park YH. Inter- and intraspecific genetic analysis of the genus Saccharomonospora with 16S to 23S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and 23S to 5S rDNA internally transcribed spacer sequences. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:661-669. 🇰🇷
  • 🧍 "Saccharomonospora caesia" (Kalakoutskii 1964) Greiner-Mai et al. 1987 should be considered as a synonym of Saccharomonospora azurea Runmao 1987. Publication: Yoon JH, Kim SB, Lee ST, Park YH. DNA-DNA relatedness between Saccharomonospora species: "Saccharomonospora caesia" as a synonym of Saccharomonospora azurea. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:671-673. 🇰🇷

Parent taxon: Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Veyisoglu A, Sazak A, Cetin D, Guven K, Sahin N. Saccharomonospora amisosensis sp. nov., isolated from deep marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3782-3786. 🇹🇷

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Record number: 791159