Name: Virgisporangium aurantiacum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cum. N.L. neut. adj. aurantiacum, orange-coloured

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 107212; DSM 44794; IFO 16421; JCM 11002; NBRC 16421; YU438-5

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16S rRNA gene: AB006169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1809-1816.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Virgosporangium aurantiacum Tamura et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19117 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Virgisporangium aurantiacum corrig. Tamura et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Virgosporangium (sic) aurantiacum, has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Parent taxon: Virgisporangium corrig. Tamura et al. 2001

Assigned by: Tamura T, Hayakawa M, Hatano K. A new genus of the order Actinomycetales, Virgosporangium gen. nov., with descriptions of Virgosporangium ochraceum sp. nov. and Virgosporangium aurantiacum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1809-1816.

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Record number: 783055