%0 Journal Article %A BERETTA, GRAZIA %T Actinoplanes italicus, a New Red-Pigmented Species %D 1973 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 23 %N 1 %P 37-42 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-23-1-37 %I Microbiology Society, %X A new species of Actinoplanes is described for which the name A. italicus is proposed. The organism is characterized by the cherry-red color of its vegetative mycelium and by the production of soluble pigments. It differs significantly, therefore, from the species of Actinoplanes so far named and described, which generally produce a yellow or orange vegetative mycelium and which ordinarily do not produce soluble pigments. The type strain of A. italicus is A 5221 (=ATCC 27366). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-23-1-37