Name: Saccharomonospora glauca Greiner-Mai et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau’ca. L. fem. adj. glauca, bluish, greenish, grayish blue, referring to the color of the aerial mycelium

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 43769; IFO 14831; JCM 7444; K62; NBRC 14831

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z38003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Greiner-Mai E, Korn-Wendisch F, Kutzner HJ. Taxonomic revision of the genus Saccharomonospora and description of Saccharomonospora glauca sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:398-405.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Saccharomonospora Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Greiner-Mai E, Korn-Wendisch F, Kutzner HJ. Taxonomic revision of the genus Saccharomonospora and description of Saccharomonospora glauca sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:398-405.

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Record number: 780634