Name: Verrucosispora fiedleri Goodfellow et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fie’dle.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. fiedleri, after Hans-Peter Fiedler in recognition of his contributions to the search and discovery of new antibiotics from actinomycetes

Pronunciation, gender: FIE-dle-ri, feminine

Type strain: DSM 46741; KACC 18210; MG-37; NCIMB 14794; NRRL B-24892

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ423921 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Brown R, Ahmed L, Pathom-Aree W, Bull AT, Jones AL, Stach JE, Zucchi TD, Zhang L, Wang J. Verrucosispora fiedleri sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a fjord sediment which synthesizes proximicins. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:493-502. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Micromonospora fiedleri (Goodfellow et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micromonospora fiedleri (Goodfellow et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Verrucosispora fiedleri 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 Verrucosispora.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Verrucosispora Rheims et al. 1998

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Brown R, Ahmed L, Pathom-Aree W, Bull AT, Jones AL, Stach JE, Zucchi TD, Zhang L, Wang J. Verrucosispora fiedleri sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a fjord sediment which synthesizes proximicins. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:493-502. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 790794