Name: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.my.co.la.top’sis M.L. fem. n. Amycolata, genus belonging to the order Actinomycetales; Gr. n. opsis, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Amycolatopsis, that which appears similar to Amycolata

Type species: Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Lechevalier MP, Prauser H, Labeda DP, Ruan JS. Two new genera of nocardioform actinomycetes: Amycolata gen. nov. and Amycolatopsis gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:29-37.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yuhushiella Mao et al. 2011	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Lee 2009 Lee SD. Amycolatopsis ultiminotia sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil, and emended description of the genus Amycolatopsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1401-1404.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Tang et al. 2010 Tang SK, Wang Y, Guan TW, Lee JC, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Amycolatopsis halophila sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1073-1078.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • 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:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pridham TG, Lyons Jr. AJ. Progress in clarification of the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of some problem actinomycetes. Developments in Industrial Microbiology 1969; 10:183-221.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 77
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 81
Total number of child taxa: 87

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amycolatopsis acidiphila Oyuntsetseg et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis alba Mertz and Yao 1993	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis albidiflava corrig. Lee and Hah 2001	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis albidoflavus (sic) Lee and Hah 2001	misspelling	synonym
    Amycolatopsis albispora Zhang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    "Amycolatopsis alkalitolerans" Narsing Rao et al. 2019	not validly published
    Amycolatopsis antarctica Wang et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis arida Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis australiensis Tan et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis azurea (Ōmura et al. 1983) Henssen et al. 1987	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis balhimycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis bartoniae Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica Majumdar et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis bullii Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis cappadoca Işık et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis cihanbeyliensis Tatar et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis circi Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis coloradensis Labeda 1995	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis decaplanina Wink et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis deserti Busarakam et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis Nie et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis eburnea Chaiya et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis echigonensis Ding et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis endophytica Miao et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis equina Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis eurytherma Kim et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis fastidiosa (ex Celmer et al. 1977) Henssen et al. 1987	validly published	synonym
    "Amycolatopsis flava" Wei et al. 2015	not validly published
    Amycolatopsis granulosa Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis halophila Tang et al. 2010	validly published	synonym
    Amycolatopsis halotolerans Lee 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis helveola Tamura et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis hippodromi Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis japonica corrig. Goodfellow et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis japonicum (sic) Goodfellow et al. 1997	misspelling	synonym
    Amycolatopsis jejuensis Lee 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis jiangsuensis Xing et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    "Amycolatopsis jiguanensis" Huang et al. 2016	not validly published
    Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986) Stackebrandt et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis magusensis Camas et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis marina Bian et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis mediterranei (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis methanolica De Boer et al. 1990	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis minnesotensis Lee et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis nigrescens Groth et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis niigatensis Ding et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis oliviviridis Penkhrue et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis Huang et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis panacis Peng et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis pigmentata Tamura et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis plumensis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis pretoriensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis regifaucium Tan et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rhabdoformis Souza et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rhizosphaerae Thawai 2018	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rifamycinica Bala et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis roodepoortensis Everest et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis ruanii Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rubida Huang et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rugosa (ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published	synonym
    Amycolatopsis saalfeldensis Carlsohn et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis sacchari Goodfellow et al. 2001	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis salitolerans Guan et al. 2012	validly published	synonym
    Amycolatopsis samaneae Duangmal et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis silviterrae Jamjan et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis speibonae Everest et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis stemonae Klykleung et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis suaedae Chantavorakit et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis sulphurea Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis taiwanensis Tseng et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thailandensis Chomchoei et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermalba Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermoflava Chun et al. 1999	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermophila Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis tolypomycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis tucumanensis Albarracín et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis ultiminotia Lee 2009	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis umgeniensis Everest et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis vancoresmycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis vastitatis Idris et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Amycolatopsis viridis Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    "Amycolatopsis xuchangensis" Huang et al. 2016	not validly published
    Amycolatopsis xylanica Chen et al. 2010	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Embley MT, Smida J, Stackebrandt E. The phylogeny of mycolate-less wall chemotype IV Actinomycetes and description of Pseudonocardiaceae fam. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 11:16-19.

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