Name: Saccharothrix coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Kroppenstedt et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Actinomadura coeruleoviolacea Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987

Etymology: coe.ru.le.o.vi.o.la’ce.a. L. masc. adj. coeruleus, dark-colored, dark blue; L. masc. adj. violaceus, violet-colored, violet; N.L. fem. adj. coeruleoviolacea, dark violet-colored

Pronunciation, gender: … ko͡e-ru-le-o-wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: DSM 43935; IFO 14988; INA 3564; JCM 9110; NBRC 14988; NRRL B-24058; VKM Ac-1083

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB297963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:148-160. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 36. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:178-179.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Goodfellowiella coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Labeda et al. 2008

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Goodfellowia coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Actinomadura coeruleoviolacea Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Goodfellowiella coeruleoviolacea (Preobrazhenskaya and Terekhova 1987) Labeda et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Saccharothrix coeruleoviolacea 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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Assigned by: Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Goodfellow M. Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1990; 13:148-160. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 780704