Name: Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Streptomyces orientalis" Pittenger and Brigham 1956

Etymology: o.ri.en.ta’lis. L. fem. adj. orientalis, of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental

Pronunciation, gender: o-ri-en-TA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19795; CIP 107113; DSM 40040; IFO 12806; ISP 5040; JCM 4235; JCM 4600; NBRC 12806; NRRL 2450; UNIQEM 181; VKM Ac-866

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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 of its species (division into subspecies abandoned) (and not recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. lurida (ex Grundy et al. 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986 according to rule 40d. 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. 🇺🇸
  • ❗ Amycolatopsis orientalis subsp. orientalis 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 = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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: 773218