Name: Nocardiopsis metallicus Schippers et al. 2002
Etymology: me.tal’li.cus. L. masc. adj. metallicus, the miner, referring to the ability to mobilize metals from slag, nominative in apposition (sic) (can be noun or adjective)
Type strain: DSM 44598; JCM 12409; KBS 6; NBRC 101841; NRRL B-24159
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16S rRNA gene: AJ420769 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Schippers A, Bosecker K, Willscher S, Sproer C, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal-leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2291-2295.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Schippers A, Bosecker K, Willscher S, Sproer C, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM. Nocardiopsis metallicus sp. nov., a metal-leaching actinomycete isolated from an alkaline slag dump. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2291-2295.
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Record number: 778867