Name: Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida (ex Grundy et al. 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: lu’ri.da. L. fem. adj. lurida, pale yellow, sallow

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14930; DSM 43134; IFO 14500; JCM 3141; LMG 4064; NBRC 14500; NRRL 2430; NRRL WC-3860; VKM Ac-1242

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16S rRNA gene: AJ293755 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:29-37.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Amycolatopsis lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex Grundy et al. 1957) Stackebrandt et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Amycolatopsis lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex Grundy et al. 1957) Stackebrandt et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida 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 orientalis within a separate genus Amycolatopsis.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Nocardia lurida". Publication: Theriault RJ, Rasmussen RR, Kohl WL, Prokop JF, Hutch TB, Barlow GJ. Benzanthrins A and B, a new class of quinone antibiotics. I. Discovery, fermentation and antibacterial activity. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1986; 39:1509-1514.

Parent taxon: Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Assigned by: Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:29-37.

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Record number: 773217