Name: Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila (Al-Musallam et al. 2003) Wink et al. 2003

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Amycolatopsis keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003

Etymology: ke.rat.i.ni’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. keratinum, keratin; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. keratiniphila, keratin-loving, referring to the ability of the species to degrade keratin

Gender: feminine

Type strain: D2; DSM 44409; JCM 12683; NRRL B-24117

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Wink JM, Kroppenstedt RM, Ganguli BN, Nadkarni SR, Schumann P, Seibert G, Stackebrandt E. Three new antibiotic producing species of the genus Amycolatopsis, Amycolatopsis balhimycina sp. nov., A. tolypomycina sp. nov., A. vancoresmycina sp. nov., and description of Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila subsp. nov. and A. keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:38-46.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina Wink et al. 2003 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Wink JM, Kroppenstedt RM, Ganguli BN, Nadkarni SR, Schumann P, Seibert G, Stackebrandt E. Three new antibiotic producing species of the genus Amycolatopsis, Amycolatopsis balhimycina sp. nov., A. tolypomycina sp. nov., A. vancoresmycina sp. nov., and description of Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila subsp. nov. and A. keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:38-46.
  • ❗ Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Amycolatopsis keratiniphila within a separate genus Amycolatopsis.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Al-Musallam et al. 2003, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003

Assigned by: Wink JM, Kroppenstedt RM, Ganguli BN, Nadkarni SR, Schumann P, Seibert G, Stackebrandt E. Three new antibiotic producing species of the genus Amycolatopsis, Amycolatopsis balhimycina sp. nov., A. tolypomycina sp. nov., A. vancoresmycina sp. nov., and description of Amycolatopsis keratiniphila subsp. keratiniphila subsp. nov. and A. keratiniphila subsp. nogabecina subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2003; 26:38-46.

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