@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-1-156, author = "Wellington, E. M. H. and Stackebrandt, E. and Sanders, D. and Wolstrup, J. and Jorgensen, N. O. G.", title = "Taxonomic Status of Kitasatosporia, and Proposed Unification with Streptomyces on the Basis of Phenotypic and 16S rRNA Analysis and Emendation of Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943, 339AL", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1992", volume = "42", number = "1", pages = "156-160", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-42-1-156", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-42-1-156", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Species classified within the genus Kitasatosporia share many of the phenotypic characteristics typical of streptomycetes. By using a probabilistic identification scheme, they were identified with Streptomyces exfoliatus cluster 5, a species group within Streptomyces. The four species studied hybridized with a 16S rRNA genus probe for Streptomyces spp., indicating a close relationship between the two genera. The kitasatosporias were resistant to selected polyvalent streptomycete phages tested. Quantitative analysis showed that meso-diaminopimelic acid varied from 49 to 89% in Kitasatosporia species and from 1 to 16% in Streptomyces species depending on growth conditions. On the basis of 16S rRNA analysis, it is proposed to reduce Kitasatosporia to synonymy with Streptomyces. As a result, the new names proposed are Streptomyces mediocidicus comb. nov., Streptomyces phosalacineus comb. nov., Streptomyces setae comb. nov., and Streptomyces griseolosporeus comb. nov., nom. nov.", }