Name: Amycolatopsis Lechevalier et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: feminine (stem: Amycolatopsid-)

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• 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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.
    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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.
    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 removal of 2 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brigham RB, Pittenger RC. Streptomyces orientalis, n. sp., the source of vancomycin. Antibiot Chemother (Northfield) 1956; 6:642-647.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ainycolaropsis"; "Amcyolatopsis"; "Amjjcolatopsis"; "Amlycolatopsis"; "Amycofatopsis"; "Amycolafopsis"; "Amycolaropsis"; "Amycolatop"; "Amycolatopis"; "Amycolatopsi"; "Amycolatoptis"; "Amycolntopsis"; "Amycolotopsis"; "Amycolufopsis"; "Amycolutopsis"; "Amycotlatopsis"; "Amylcolatopsis"; "Amylocatopsis"; "Amylocolatopsis"; "Hycolutopsk".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wink et al. (2004), Tan et al. (2007), Groth et al. (2007), Everest et al. (2014), Mao et al. (2011). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 72; JCM: 61; NRRL: 47; NBRC: 39; KCTC: 25; NCIMB: 15; ATCC: 14; TBRC: 13; IFO: 12; VKM: 10.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AMYS" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 94
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 100
Total number of child taxa: 106

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amycolatopsis acidicola Teo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis acididurans Teo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis acidiphila Oyuntsetseg et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis aidingensis Li et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis alba Mertz and Yao 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis albidoflava corrig. Lee and Hah 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis albidoflavus Lee and Hah 2001	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Amycolatopsis albispora Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis alkalitolerans Narsing Rao et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis anabasis Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis antarctica Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis arida Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis australiensis Tan et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis azurea (Ōmura et al. 1983) Henssen et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis balhimycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis bartoniae Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica Majumdar et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis bullii Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis camponoti Zakalyukina et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis cappadoca Işık et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis carbonis Oyuntsetseg and Kim 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis cihanbeyliensis Tatar et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis circi Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis coloradensis Labeda 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis cynarae Deng et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis decaplanina Wink et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis dendrobii Tedsree et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis deserti Busarakam et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis dongchuanensis Nie et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis eburnea Chaiya et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis echigonensis Ding et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis endophytica Miao et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis equina Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis eurytherma Kim et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis fastidiosa (ex Celmer et al. 1977) Henssen et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Amycolatopsis flava" Wei et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Amycolatopsis granulosa Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis halophila Tang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis halotolerans Lee 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis helveola Tamura et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis heterodermiae Somphong et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis hippodromi Everest and Meyers 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis iheyensis Ngamcharungchit et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis japonica corrig. Goodfellow et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis japonicum Goodfellow et al. 1997	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Amycolatopsis jejuensis Lee 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis jiangsuensis Xing et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis jiguanensis Huang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis kentuckyensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis keratiniphila Al-Musallam et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Amycolatopsis lactamdurans" Barreiro et al. 2000	not validly published	preferred name
    Amycolatopsis lexingtonensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis lurida (Lechevalier et al. 1986 ex Grundy et al. 1957) Stackebrandt et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis magusensis Camas et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis marina Bian et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis mediterranei (Margalith and Beretta 1960) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis melonis Xu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis methanolica De Boer et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis minnesotensis Lee et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis mongoliensis Oyuntsetseg et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis nalaikhensis Oyuntsetseg and Kim 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis nigrescens Groth et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis niigatensis Ding et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis nivea Niu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis oliviviridis Penkhrue et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis orientalis (Pittenger and Brigham 1956) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis palatopharyngis Huang et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis panacis Peng et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis pigmentata Tamura et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis pithecelloba Mingma et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Amycolatopsis pithecellobii corrig. Mingma et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Amycolatopsis pittospori" Kaewkla and Franco 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Amycolatopsis plumensis Saintpierre-Bonaccio et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis pretoriensis Labeda et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis regifaucium Tan et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rhabdoformis Souza et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rhizosphaerae Thawai 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rifamycinica Bala et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis roodepoortensis Everest et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis ruanii Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rubida Huang et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis rugosa (ex di Marco and Spalla 1957) Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis saalfeldensis Carlsohn et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis sacchari Goodfellow et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis salitolerans Guan et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amycolatopsis samaneae Duangmal et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis silviterrae Jamjan et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis solani Wannawong et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis speibonae Everest et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis stemonae Klykleung et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis suaedae Chantavorakit et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis sulphurea Lechevalier et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis taiwanensis Tseng et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thailandensis Chomchoei et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermalba Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermoflava Chun et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis thermophila Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis tolypomycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis tucumanensis Albarracín et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis ultiminotia Lee 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis umgeniensis Everest et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis vancoresmycina Wink et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis vastitatis Idris et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis viridis Zucchi et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis xuchangensis Huang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amycolatopsis xylanica Chen et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	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; 11:44-52.

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