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Subspecies Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. mutabilis
Name: Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. mutabilis (Shearer et al. 1983) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990
Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)
Basonym: Nocardiopsis mutabilis Shearer et al. 1983
Etymology: mu.ta’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. mutabilis, liable to change, variable
Pronunciation, gender: mu-TA-bi-lis, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 31520; DSM 43853; IFO 14310; JCM 3380; KCTC 9397; NBRC 14310; NRRL B-16077; SK&F AAA-25; VKM Ac-2023
See detailed strain information at
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. 
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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)
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Notes:
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📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. capreolus (ex Higgens 1963) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990 according to rule 40d.
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. 🇩🇪
- 😷 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.
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🧍 The original authorship, (Shearer et al. 1983) Labeda and Lechevalier 1989, 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. 🇺🇸
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📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Saccharothrix mutabilis subsp. capreolus (ex Higgens 1963) Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990 according to rule 40d.
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.
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: 780710
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