Subspecies Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei

Name: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Miyashita et al. 1984 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Streptothrix dassonvillei" Brocq-Rousseau 1904

Etymology: das.son.vil’le.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dassonvillei, of Dassonville, named after Charles Dassonville (a French microbiologist and veterinarian at the Pasteur Institute)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-kar-di-OP-sis das-son-WIL-le-i das-son-WIL-le-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23218; CIP 107115; DSM 43111; IFO 14626; IMET 9605; IMRU 509; JCM 7437; NBRC 14626; NCTC 10488; NRRL B-5397; VKM Ac-797

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Effective publication: Miyashita K, Mikami Y, Arai T. Alkalophilic actinomycete, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina subsp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:405-409. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina Miyashita et al. 1984 according to rule 40d. Publication: Miyashita K, Mikami Y, Arai T. Alkalophilic actinomycete, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina subsp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:405-409. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Human classification RG: not given - Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🧍 If an author accepts the elevation of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina Miyashita et al. 1984 to full species status, then Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 should thereafter be designated simply as Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Meyer J. Nocardiopsis, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:487-493.

Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Miyashita K, Mikami Y, Arai T. Alkalophilic actinomycete, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina subsp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:405-409. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778853