Name: Williamsia faeni Jones et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fae’ni. L. neut. n. faenum, hay; L. gen. neut. n. faeni, of hay, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a hay meadow

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 45372; N1350; NCIMB 14575; NRRL B-24794

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ157929 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jones AL, Payne GD, Goodfellow M. Williamsia faeni sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a hay meadow. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2548-2551.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the protologue of the paper by Jones et al. 2010, the strains NCIMB 14575 and NRRL B-24794 are erroneously cited as NCIB 14575 and NRRL B24794, respectively. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:3002.

Parent taxon: Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999

Assigned by: Jones AL, Payne GD, Goodfellow M. Williamsia faeni sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from a hay meadow. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2548-2551.

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