Name: Tsukamurella sunchonensis Seong et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sun.cho.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sunchonensis, of or pertaining to Sunchon, a city in South Korea where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: sun-k^ho-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 45335; JCM 15929; KCTC 9827; NRRL B-24668; SCNU5

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16S rRNA gene: AF150494 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Seong CN, Kim YS, Baik KS, Choi SK, Kim MB, Kim SB, Goodfellow M. Tsukamurella sunchonensis sp. nov., a bacterium associated with foam in activated sludge. J Microbiol 2003; 41:83-88.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 123. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1993-1994.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Tsukamurella pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tsukamurella pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004	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 pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004. 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 pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004. 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.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Tsukamurella sunchonensis 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.
  • 😷 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 a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 The type strain NRRL B-24668 has been provided on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 123. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1993-1994.

Parent taxon: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Seong CN, Kim YS, Baik KS, Choi SK, Kim MB, Kim SB, Goodfellow M. Tsukamurella sunchonensis sp. nov., a bacterium associated with foam in activated sludge. J Microbiol 2003; 41:83-88.

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Record number: 787552