Species Saccharothrix albidocapillata

Name: Saccharothrix albidocapillata (Yassin et al. 1995) Lee et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995

Etymology: al.bi.do.ca.pil.la’ta. L. masc. adj. albidus, white; L. masc. adj. capillatus, hairy; N.L. fem. adj. albidocapillata, white-haired, referring to the abundant whitish aerial hyphae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-K^HA-ro-t^hrix al-bi-do-ka-pil-LA-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51859; CCUG 48294; CIP 104842; DSM 44073; IFO 15855; IMMIB D-958; IMSNU 21253; JCM 9732; NBRC 100372; NBRC 15855; NRRL B-24057

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF328680 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD, Kim ES, Roe JH, Kim J, Kang SO, Hah YC. Saccharothrix violacea sp. nov., isolated from a gold mine cave, and Saccharothrix albidocapillata comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1315-1323. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Saccharothrix albidocapillata 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 Saccharothrix.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 Lee et al. 2000 [1] suggested that Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995, the type species of the genus Lentzea Yassin et al. 1995, be transferred to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Publication: Lee SD, Kim ES, Roe JH, Kim J, Kang SO, Hah YC. Saccharothrix violacea sp. nov., isolated from a gold mine cave, and Saccharothrix albidocapillata comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1315-1323. 🇰🇷
  • 🧍 Phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data do not support this proposal and, according to Labeda et al. 2001 [2], Lentzea is considered to be the current correct name of a genus in which the type species is Lentzea albidocapillata. Publication: Labeda DP, Hatano K, Kroppenstedt RM, Tamura T. Revival of the genus Lentzea and proposal for Lechevalieria gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1045-1050. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Assigned by: Lee SD, Kim ES, Roe JH, Kim J, Kang SO, Hah YC. Saccharothrix violacea sp. nov., isolated from a gold mine cave, and Saccharothrix albidocapillata comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1315-1323. 🇰🇷

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