Name: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. kobensis (ex Iwasake and Mori 1979) Lacey 1989

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: kob.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kobensis, belonging to Kobe, a city in Japan where the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 20501; DSM 44795; FERM P-3912; IFO 15151; KC 6606; NBRC 15151

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU267029 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lacey J. Genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975, 77AL. In: Williams ST, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 4., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2382-2386.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Saccharopolyspora kobensis (Lacey 1989 ex Iwasake and Mori 1979) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharopolyspora jiangxiensis Zhang et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Saccharopolyspora kobensis (Lacey 1989 ex Iwasake and Mori 1979) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • ❗ Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. kobensis 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.

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

Assigned by: Lacey J. Genus Saccharopolyspora Lacey and Goodfellow 1975, 77AL. In: Williams ST, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 4., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2382-2386.

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Record number: 780688