Name: Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, referring to the source of isolation, a deep-water sponge

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44990; JCM 14882; K362; NRRL B-24467

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16S rRNA gene: AY714239 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Olson JB, Harmody DK, Bej AK, McCarthy PJ. Tsukamurella spongiae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a deep-water marine sponge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1478-1481.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
    • Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996. Publication: 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.
  • According to Teng et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996. Publication: Teng JL, Tang Y, Huang Y, Guo FB, Wei W, Chen JH, Wong SS, Lau SK, Woo PC. Phylogenomic Analyses and Reclassification of Species within the Genus Tsukamurella: Insights to Species Definition in the Post-genomic Era. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1137.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.
  • Tsukamurella spongiae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tsukamurella.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Olson JB, Harmody DK, Bej AK, McCarthy PJ. Tsukamurella spongiae sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a deep-water marine sponge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1478-1481.

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