Name: Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. taberi Labeda 1987

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ta’ber.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. taberi, of Taber, named after Willard A. Taber (an American microbiologist who first isolated the organism)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49842; DSM 43856; IFO 15061; JCM 9383; KCTC 9482; LL-WRAT-210; NBRC 15061; NRRL B-16173

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16S rRNA gene: AF002819 Analyse FASTA

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

Correct name: Saccharopolyspora taberi (Labeda 1987) Korn-Wendisch et al. 1989

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharopolyspora taberi (Labeda 1987) Korn-Wendisch et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Saccharopolyspora hirsuta subsp. taberi 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: 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: 780689