Name: Actinoalloteichus spitiensis Singla et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ti.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. spitiensis, pertaining to Spiti Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 44848; JCM 12472; MTCC 6194; NBRC 102582; RMV-1378

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY426714 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Singla AK, Mayilraj S, Kudo T, Krishnamurthi S, Prasad GS, Vohra RM. Actinoalloteichus spitiensis sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2561-2564.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Actinoalloteichus Tamura et al. 2000

Assigned by: Singla AK, Mayilraj S, Kudo T, Krishnamurthi S, Prasad GS, Vohra RM. Actinoalloteichus spitiensis sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2561-2564.

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Record number: 772656