Name: "Waksmania aerata" Gerber and Lechevalier 1964

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ra.ta. L. fem. part. adj. aerata, covered with bronze

Type strain: ATCC 15448; DSM 43176; IFO 14624; JCM 3076; NBRC 14624; VKM Ac-1507

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16S rRNA gene: MT760396 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gerber NN, Lechevalier MP. PHENAZINES AND PHENOXAZINONES FROM WAKSMANIA AERATA SP. NOV. AND PSEUDOMONAS IODINA. Biochemistry 1964; 3:598-602.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Microbispora rosea subsp. aerata (Gerber and Lechevalier 1964) Miyadoh et al. 1991

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbispora thermodiastatica Nonomura and Ohara 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microbispora thermorosea Nonomura and Ohara 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microbispora rosea subsp. aerata (Gerber and Lechevalier 1964) Miyadoh et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Microbispora aerata (Gerber and Lechevalier 1964) Cross 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Miyadoh et al. (1990), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Microbispora thermodiastatica Nonomura and Ohara 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Miyadoh S, Amano S, Tohyama H, Shomura T. A taxonomic review of the genus Microbispora and a proposal to transfer two species to the genus Actinomadura and to combine ten species into Microbispora rosea. J Gen Microbiol 1990; 136:1905-1913.
  • ⏰ According to Miyadoh et al. (1990), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Microbispora thermorosea Nonomura and Ohara 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Miyadoh S, Amano S, Tohyama H, Shomura T. A taxonomic review of the genus Microbispora and a proposal to transfer two species to the genus Actinomadura and to combine ten species into Microbispora rosea. J Gen Microbiol 1990; 136:1905-1913.

Parent taxon: "Waksmania" Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1957

Assigned by: Gerber NN, Lechevalier MP. PHENAZINES AND PHENOXAZINONES FROM WAKSMANIA AERATA SP. NOV. AND PSEUDOMONAS IODINA. Biochemistry 1964; 3:598-602.

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Record number: 4067