Name: "Streptothrix chalcea" Foulerton 1905

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chal.ce.a. L. fem. adj. chalcea, brazen, of brass

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 12452; DSM 43026; IFO 13503; JCM 3031; NBRC 13503; NRRL B-2344; VKM Ac-822

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16S rRNA gene: X92594 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Foulerton AGR. New species of Streptothrix isolated from the air. Lancet 1905; 1:1199-1200.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Micromonospora chalcea (Foulerton 1905) Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micromonospora chalcea (Foulerton 1905) Ørskov 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.

Parent taxon: [Streptothrix]

Assigned by: Foulerton AGR. New species of Streptothrix isolated from the air. Lancet 1905; 1:1199-1200.

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Record number: 3975