Name: Actinosporangium vitaminophilum Shomura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ta.mi.no.phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. vitaminum, vitamin; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. vitaminophilum, vitamin-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 31673; DSM 41686; IFO 14294; JCM 6054; NBRC 14294; NRRL B-16933; SF 2080

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB184589 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shomura T, Amano S, Yoshida J, Ezaki N, Ito T, Niida T. Actinosporangium vitaminophilum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:557-564.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Wenjunlia vitaminophila (Shomura et al. 1983) Madhaiyan et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptomyces vitaminophileus (Shomura et al. 1983) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Streptomyces vitaminophilus corrig. (Shomura et al. 1983) Goodfellow et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Wenjunlia vitaminophila (Shomura et al. 1983) Madhaiyan et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Actinosporangium vitaminophilum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Actinosporangium.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 See also Ezaki et al. (1983). Publication: Ezaki N, Koyama M, Kodama Y, Shomura T, Tashiro K, Tsuruoka T, Inouye S, Sakai S. Pyrrolomycins F1, F2a, F2b and F3, new metabolites produced by the addition of bromide to the fermentation. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1983; 36:1431-1438.

Parent taxon: Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shomura T, Amano S, Yoshida J, Ezaki N, Ito T, Niida T. Actinosporangium vitaminophilum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:557-564.

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