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)

Pronunciation, gender: ka-PRE-o-lus, 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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Nocardia capreola" (Higgens 1963) Pridham 1970	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank
    "Streptomyces capreolus" Higgens 1963	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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 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