Name: Verrucosispora sonchi Ma et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: son’chi. N.L. masc. n. sonchus, name of a plant and also a botanical generic name (Sonchus); N.L. gen. masc. n. sonchi, of Sonchus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Sonchus oleraceus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.7312; DSM 101530; JCM 32497; NEAU QY3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT633950 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ma Z, Zhao S, Cao T, Liu C, Huang Y, Gao Y, Yan K, Xiang W, Wang X. Verrucosispora sonchi sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from the leaves of common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5430-5436.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Micromonospora sonchi (Ma et al. 2016) Carro and Oren 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micromonospora sonchi (Ma et al. 2016) Carro and Oren 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Verrucosispora sonchi 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Verrucosispora Rheims et al. 1998

Assigned by: Ma Z, Zhao S, Cao T, Liu C, Huang Y, Gao Y, Yan K, Xiang W, Wang X. Verrucosispora sonchi sp. nov., a novel endophytic actinobacterium isolated from the leaves of common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5430-5436.

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Record number: 794886