Name: Nakamurella lactea (Lee et al. 2008) Kim et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al. 2008

Etymology: lac.te’a. L. fem. adj. lactea, milk-coloured, milky

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DLS-10; DSM 19367; JCM 16024; KCTC 19285

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM778124 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS. Nakamurella panacisegetis sp. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al., 2007 and Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al., 2008 as Nakamurella flavida comb. nov. and Nakamurella lactea comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:291-296.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2017 Nouioui I, Goker M, Carro L, Montero-Calasanz MD, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP. High quality draft genome of Nakamurella lactea type strain, a rock actinobacterium, and emended description of Nakamurella lactea. Stand Genomic Sci 2017; 12:4. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS. Nakamurella panacisegetis sp. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Humicoccus flavidus Yoon et al., 2007 and Saxeibacter lacteus Lee et al., 2008 as Nakamurella flavida comb. nov. and Nakamurella lactea comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:291-296.

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