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Name: Saccharothrix ghardaiensis Bouznada et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ghar.dai.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. ghardaiensis, pertaining to Ghardaïa, Mzab, the source of the soil from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-KHA-ro-thrix ghar-dai-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9046; DSM 46886; MB46

16S rRNA gene: KY021820 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Bouznada K, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Chaabane Chaouch F, Zitouni A, Potter G, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Saccharothrix ghardaiensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Saharan soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:399-405. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Assigned by: Bouznada K, Bouras N, Mokrane S, Chaabane Chaouch F, Zitouni A, Potter G, Sproer C, Klenk HP, Sabaou N. Saccharothrix ghardaiensis sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from Saharan soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:399-405. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 795372