Name: Sphaerisporangium melleum corrig. Ara and Kudo 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mel.le.um. L. neut. adj. melleum, honey coloured

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3-28(8); DSM 44954; JCM 13064

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16S rRNA gene: AB208714 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ara I, Kudo T. Sphaerosporangium gen. nov., a new member of the family Streptosporangiaceae, with descriptions of three new species as Sphaerosporangium melleum sp. nov., Sphaerosporangium rubeum sp. nov. and Sphaerosporangium cinnabarinum sp. nov., and transfer of Streptosporangium viridialbum Nonomura and Ohara 1960 to Sphaerosporangium viridialbum comb. nov. Actinomycetologica 2007; 21:11-21.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 118. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2449-2450.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sphaerosporangium melleum Ara and Kudo 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sphaerisporangium corrig. Ara and Kudo 2007. Publication: Ara I, Kudo T. Sphaerosporangium gen. nov., a new member of the family Streptosporangiaceae, with descriptions of three new species as Sphaerosporangium melleum sp. nov., Sphaerosporangium rubeum sp. nov. and Sphaerosporangium cinnabarinum sp. nov., and transfer of Streptosporangium viridialbum Nonomura and Ohara 1960 to Sphaerosporangium viridialbum comb. nov. Actinomycetologica 2007; 21:11-21.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The epithet melleum is a "L. neut. adj.", not a "N.L. neut. adj." as cited in the paper by Ara and Kudo 2007. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 The genus name, Sphaerosporangium (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 118. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2449-2450.

Parent taxon: Sphaerisporangium corrig. Ara and Kudo 2007

Assigned by: Ara I, Kudo T. Sphaerosporangium gen. nov., a new member of the family Streptosporangiaceae, with descriptions of three new species as Sphaerosporangium melleum sp. nov., Sphaerosporangium rubeum sp. nov. and Sphaerosporangium cinnabarinum sp. nov., and transfer of Streptosporangium viridialbum Nonomura and Ohara 1960 to Sphaerosporangium viridialbum comb. nov. Actinomycetologica 2007; 21:11-21.

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Record number: 786880