Name: "Streptothrix chalcea" Foulerton 1905

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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".

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