Name: Streptosporangium amethystogenes subsp. amethystogenes (Nonomura and Ohara 1960) Iinuma et al. 1996

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Streptosporangium amethystogenes Nonomura and Ohara 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.me.thys.to’ge.nes. L. masc. adj. amethystinus, violet colored, amethyst colored; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. amethystogenes, producing violet-colored (crystals)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-to-spor-an-GI-um a-me-t^hys-TO-ge-nes a-me-t^hys-TO-ge-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33327; DSM 43179; IFO 13986; JCM 3026; KCC A-26; NBRC 13986; NRRL B-2639; VKM Ac-637

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Effective publication: Iinuma S, Yokota A, Kanamura T. New subspecies of the genus Streptosporangium, Streptosporangium amethystogenes subsp. fukuiense subsp. nov. Actinomycetologica 1996; 10:35-42.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Streptosporangium amethystogenes subsp. fukuiense Iinuma et al. 1996 according to rule 40d. Publication: Iinuma S, Yokota A, Kanamura T. New subspecies of the genus Streptosporangium, Streptosporangium amethystogenes subsp. fukuiense subsp. nov. Actinomycetologica 1996; 10:35-42.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, Nonomura and Ohara 1960, 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. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Streptosporangium amethystogenes Nonomura and Ohara 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Iinuma S, Yokota A, Kanamura T. New subspecies of the genus Streptosporangium, Streptosporangium amethystogenes subsp. fukuiense subsp. nov. Actinomycetologica 1996; 10:35-42.

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