Name: Saccharomonospora iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinopolyspora iraqiensis Ruan et al. 1994

Etymology: i.ra.qi.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. iraqiensis, of or belonging to Iraq, the source of the soil sample from which the organism was isolated [probably better: iraqensis]

Pronunciation, gender: i-ra-qi-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCIM 4.1193; DSM 44640; IQ-H1; JCM 9891; NBRC 103187

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF372522 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinopolyspora iraqiensis Ruan et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. paurometabolica (Li et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 798131