Name: Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina corrig. (Miyashita et al. 1984) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina Miyashita et al. 1984

Etymology: pra’si.na. L. fem. adj. prasina, leek green (referring to the color of the mature aerial mycelium)

Pronunciation, gender: PRA-si-na, feminine

Type strain: 208; ATCC 35940; DSM 43845; IFO 14423; JCM 3336; NBRC 14423; VKM Ac-1880

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16S rRNA gene: X97884 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Chemotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy of the genus Nocardiopsis Meyer 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:5-11.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Nocardiopsis prasina (Miyashita et al. 1984) Yassin et al. 1997

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina Miyashita et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardiopsis albus subsp. prasina (Miyashita et al. 1984) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Nocardiopsis prasina (Miyashita et al. 1984) Yassin et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina 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 Nocardiopsis alba within a separate genus Nocardiopsis.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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. — 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 a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 46:1089. Publication: Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey N, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E. The genus Nocardiopsis represents a phylogenetically coherent taxon and a distinct actinomycete lineage: proposal of Nocardiopsaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1088-1092.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Nocardiopsis albus (sic) subsp. prasina has been corrected by Yassin et al. 1997. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.

Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis alba corrig. Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990

Assigned by: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Chemotaxonomy and numerical taxonomy of the genus Nocardiopsis Meyer 1976. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:5-11.

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Record number: 778838