Name: Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. capreolus (ex Higgens 1963) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990

Category: Subspecies

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

Etymology: ca.pre.o.lus. L. masc. n. capreolus, a wild goat, roebuck or chamois, two-pronged like the chamois, bifurcate (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23892; DSM 40225; IFO 12847; ISP 5225; JCM 4248; JCM 4630; Lilly M48-E2655; M48-E2655; NBRC 12847; NRRL 2773; VKM Ac-1848

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X76965 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of five Nocardiopsis species to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:267-274.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Streptomyces capreolus" Higgens 1963	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    "Nocardia capreola" (Higgens 1963) Pridham 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Nocardia capreola". Publication: Pridham TG. New names and new combinations in the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917. Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture 1970; 1424:1-55.

Parent taxon: Saccharothrix mutabilis (Shearer et al. 1983) Labeda and Lechevalier 1989

Assigned by: Grund E, Kroppenstedt RM. Transfer of five Nocardiopsis species to the genus Saccharothrix Labeda et al. 1984. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:267-274.

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Record number: 780709