Name: Nocardiopsis dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Streptothrix dassonvillei" Brocq-Rousseau 1904

Etymology: das.son’ville.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. dassonvillei, of Dassonville, named after Charles Dassonville (a French microbiologist and veterinarian at the Pasteur Institute)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23218; CIP 107115; DSM 43111; IFO 14626; IMET 9605; IMRU 509; JCM 7437; NBRC 14626; NCTC 10488; NRRL B-5397; VKM Ac-797

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85492 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Meyer J. Nocardiopsis, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:487-493.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Streptothrix dassonvillei" Brocq-Rousseau 1904	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Streptomyces flavidofuscus Preobrazhenskaya 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardiopsis antarcticus Abyzov et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Nocardiopsis antarctica corrig. Abyzov et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Meyer J. Nocardiopsis, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:487-493.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis albidorubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Evtushenko et al. (2000), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubida corrig. Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Evtushenko LI, Taran VV, Akimov VN, Kroppenstedt RM, Tiedje JM, Stackebrandt E. Nocardiopsis tropica sp. nov., Nocardiopsis trehalosi sp. nov., nom. rev. and Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida subsp. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:73-81.
  • ⏰ According to Tamura et al. (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Streptomyces flavidofuscus Preobrazhenskaya 1986. Publication: Tamura T, Ishida Y, Otoguro M, Hatano K, Suzuki K. Reclassification of Streptomyces flavidofuscus as a synonym of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2321-2323.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis albidorubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis antarcticus Abyzov et al. 1984. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubidus Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis alborubida corrig. Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • ⏰ According to Yassin et al. (1997), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Nocardiopsis antarctica corrig. Abyzov et al. 1984. Publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Gierth D, Ungerechts J, Lux I, Seifert P, Bal C, Schaal KP. Description of Nocardiopsis synnemataformans sp. nov., elevation of Nocardiopsis alba subsp. prasina to Nocardiopsis prasina comb. nov., and designation of Nocardiopsis antarctica and Nocardiopsis alborubida as later subjective synonyms of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:983-988.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 68 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Sun H, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Del Rio TG, Tice H, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Han C, Goodwin L, et al. Complete genome sequence of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei type strain (IMRU 509). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:325-336.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Nocardiopsis dassonvillei Meyer 1976 (sic). Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida (Grund and Kroppenstedt 1990) Evtushenko et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. dassonvillei (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Miyashita et al. 1984 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. prasina Miyashita et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. crassaminis Camacho Pozo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nocardiopsis (Brocq-Rousseau 1904) Meyer 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Meyer J. Nocardiopsis, a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:487-493.

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