Name: Streptacidiphilus melanogenes Cho et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.la.no’ge.nes. Gr. masc. adj. melas, black; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; N.L. masc. part. adj. melanogenes, producing black (pigment)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-la-NO-ge-nes, masculine

Type strain: JCM 16224; KCTC 19280; NBRC 103184; SB-B34

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ994689 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho SH, Han JH, Ko HY, Kim SB. Streptacidiphilus anmyonensis sp. nov., Streptacidiphilus rugosus sp. nov. and Streptacidiphilus melanogenes sp. nov., acidophilic actinobacteria isolated from Pinus soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1566-1570. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Streptacidiphilus Kim et al. 2003

Assigned by: Cho SH, Han JH, Ko HY, Kim SB. Streptacidiphilus anmyonensis sp. nov., Streptacidiphilus rugosus sp. nov. and Streptacidiphilus melanogenes sp. nov., acidophilic actinobacteria isolated from Pinus soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1566-1570. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 787447