Name: Saccharothrix tangerinus Kinoshita et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tan.ge.ri’nus. N.L. masc. adj. tangerinus, tangerine-coloured, referring to the colour of the vegetative growth (sic)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44720; FERM P-16053; IFO 16184; JCM 10302; MK27-91F2; NBRC 16184; NRRL B-24463

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16S rRNA gene: AB020031 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kinoshita N, Igarashi M, Ikeno S, Hori M, Hamada M. Saccharothrix tangerinus sp. nov., the producer of the new antibiotic formamicin: taxonomic studies. Actinomycetologica 1999; 13:20-31.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 74. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:949-950.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Umezawaea tangerina (Kinoshita et al. 2000) Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Saccharothrix tangerinus 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 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: Kinoshita N, Igarashi M, Ikeno S, Hori M, Hamada M. Saccharothrix tangerinus sp. nov., the producer of the new antibiotic formamicin: taxonomic studies. Actinomycetologica 1999; 13:20-31.

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Record number: 786969