Name: Saccharothrix syringae (Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardiopsis syringae Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Syringa, generic name of lilac; N.L. gen. fem. n. syringae, of the lilac (referring to the color of aerial mycelium)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51364; DSM 43886; IFO 14523; INA 2240; JCM 6844; NBRC 14523; NRRL B-16468; VKM Ac-1858

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114812 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of five Nocardiopsis species to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:267-274.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardiopsis syringae Gauze and Sveshnikova 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06645 (N = 19).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984

Assigned by: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of five Nocardiopsis species to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:267-274.

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