Name: Lentzea albidocapillata subsp. violacea (Lee et al. 2000) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Saccharothrix violacea Lee et al. 2000

Etymology: vi.o.la’ce.a. L. fem. adj. violacea, violet-colored

Pronunciation, gender: wi-o-LA-ke-a, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44796; IMSNU 50388; JCM 10975; LM 036

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ242633 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharothrix violacea Lee et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Lentzea violacea (Lee et al. 2000) Labeda et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Lentzea albidocapillata Yassin et al. 1995

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798295