Name: Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Actinopolyspora iraqiensis Ruan et al. 1994

Etymology: i.ra.qi.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. iraqiensis, of or belonging to Iraq, the source of the soil sample from which the organism was isolated [probably better: iraqensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sak-k^ha-ro-mo-NO-spo-ra i-ra-qi-EN-sis i-ra-qi-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCIM 4.1193; DSM 44640; IQ-H1; JCM 9891; NBRC 103187

See detailed strain information at

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)

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Saccharomonospora iraqiensis subsp. paurometabolica (Li et al. 2003) Nouioui et al. 2018 according to rule 40d. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🙆 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: Saccharomonospora iraqiensis (Ruan et al. 1994) Nouioui et al. 2018

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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