Name: Streptomonospora arabica corrig. (Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008) Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardiopsis arabia Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008

Etymology: a.ra’bi.ca. L. fem. adj. arabica, pertaining to Arabia, referring to the isolation of the type strain in Egypt

Pronunciation, gender: a-RA-bi-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.2057; DSM 45083; JCM 16007; S186

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF095149 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DF, Pan HQ, He J, Zhang XM, Zhang YG, Klenk HP, Hu JC, Li WJ. Description of Streptomonospora sediminis sp. nov. and Streptomonospora nanhaiensis sp. nov., and reclassification of Nocardiopsis arabia Hozzein & Goodfellow 2008 as Streptomonospora arabica comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Streptomonospora. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4447-4455.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardiopsis arabia Hozzein and Goodfellow 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Streptomonospora corrig. Cui et al. 2001

Assigned by: Zhang DF, Pan HQ, He J, Zhang XM, Zhang YG, Klenk HP, Hu JC, Li WJ. Description of Streptomonospora sediminis sp. nov. and Streptomonospora nanhaiensis sp. nov., and reclassification of Nocardiopsis arabia Hozzein & Goodfellow 2008 as Streptomonospora arabica comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Streptomonospora. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4447-4455.

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Record number: 791351