Name: Saccharothrix australiensis Labeda et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra.li.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. australiensis, of or belonging to Australia, referring to the location of the soil sample from which the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: a͡us-tra-li-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 31497; DSM 43800; IFO 14444; JCM 3370; LL-BM782Ce82; NBRC 14444; NRRL 11239; VKM Ac-894

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16S rRNA gene: AF114803 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labeda DP, Testa RT, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Saccharothrix: a new genus of the Actinomycetales related to Nocardiopsis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:426-431.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Publication: Labeda DP, Testa RT, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Saccharothrix: a new genus of the Actinomycetales related to Nocardiopsis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:426-431.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times 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 Labeda et al. 1984 the type strain ATCC 31497 is incorrectly cited as ATCC 31947. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:126.

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Assigned by: Labeda DP, Testa RT, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. Saccharothrix: a new genus of the Actinomycetales related to Nocardiopsis. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:426-431.

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Record number: 780702