Name: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. hirsuta (Lacey and Goodfellow 1975) Labeda 1987

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: hir.su’ta. L. fem. adj. hirsuta, hairy, rough, shaggy, bristly, referring to the hairy spore chains produced by the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27875; DSM 43402; DSM 43463; IFO 13919; JCM 3170; NBRC 13919; NRRL B-16205; NRRL B-5792; VKM Ac-666

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Valid publication: Labeda DP. Transfer of the type strain of Streptomyces erythraeus (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 to the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 as Saccharopolyspora erythraea sp. nov., and designation of a neotype strain for Streptomyces erythraeus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:19-22.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. taberi Labeda 1987 according to rule 40d. Publication: Labeda DP. Transfer of the type strain of Streptomyces erythraeus (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 to the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 as Saccharopolyspora erythraea sp. nov., and designation of a neotype strain for Streptomyces erythraeus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:19-22.
  • ❗ Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. hirsuta 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 Saccharopolyspora hirsuta within a separate genus Saccharopolyspora.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Lacey and Goodfellow 1975, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Labeda DP. Transfer of the type strain of Streptomyces erythraeus (Waksman 1923) Waksman and Henrici 1948 to the genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975 as Saccharopolyspora erythraea sp. nov., and designation of a neotype strain for Streptomyces erythraeus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:19-22.

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Record number: 780687