Name: Geodermatophilus amargosae Montero-Calasanz et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.mar.go’sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. amargosae, of the Amargosa Desert (USA), referring to the place of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62971; DSM 46136; G12; G96; MTCC 11559

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF679056 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Montero-Calasanz Mdel C, Goker M, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Mayilraj S, Goodfellow M, Klenk HP. Description of Geodermatophilus amargosae sp. nov., to accommodate the not validly named Geodermatophilus obscurus subsp. amargosae (Luedemann, 1968). Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:365-371.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Geodermatophilus obscurus subsp. amargosae" Luedemann 1968	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2017 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Zhang DF, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Schumann P, Li WJ, Goker M. Genome-Scale Data Call for a Taxonomic Rearrangement of Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2501. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilus Luedemann 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Montero-Calasanz Mdel C, Goker M, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Mayilraj S, Goodfellow M, Klenk HP. Description of Geodermatophilus amargosae sp. nov., to accommodate the not validly named Geodermatophilus obscurus subsp. amargosae (Luedemann, 1968). Curr Microbiol 2014; 68:365-371.

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Record number: 791923