Name: Sphaerisporangium album Cao et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bum. L. neut. adj. album, white

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208026; DSM 45172; JCM 16907; YIM 48782

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU499344 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao YR, Jiang Y, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sphaerisporangium flaviroseum sp. nov. and Sphaerisporangium album sp. nov., isolated from forest soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1679-1684.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2019 Li L, Gui YH, Xu QH, Lin HW, Lu YH. Spongiactinospora rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Streptosporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:427-433. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1251-1252.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05729 (N = 11).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sphaerisporangium corrig. Ara and Kudo 2007

Assigned by: Cao YR, Jiang Y, Xu LH, Jiang CL. Sphaerisporangium flaviroseum sp. nov. and Sphaerisporangium album sp. nov., isolated from forest soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1679-1684.

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Record number: 788015