@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-33-2-430, author = "McCARTHY, A. J. and CROSS, T. and LACEY, J. and GOODFELLOW, M.", title = "Conservation of the Name Micropolyspora Lechevalier, Solotorovsky, and McDurmont and Designation of Micropolyspora faeni Cross, Maciver, and Lacey as the Type Species of the Genus Request for an Opinion", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1983", volume = "33", number = "2", pages = "430-433", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-33-2-430", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-33-2-430", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "We propose that the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology conserve the genus name Micropolyspora with Micropolyspora faeni Cross, Maciver, and Lacey 1968 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, 1980) as the type species. This proposal is made in the interest of nomenclatural stability and in order to avoid confusion in the literature after the reclassification of the original type species, Micropolyspora brevicatena Lechevalier, Solotorovsky, and McDurmont 1969 (Approved Lists, 1980), as Nocardia brevicatena (Lechevalier, Solotorovosky, and McDurmont) Goodfellow and Pirouz 1982 and demonstration of the synonymy of M. faeni with Micropolyspora rectivirgula Krassilnikov and Agre 1964 (Approved Lists, 1980). M. faeni is the main causative agent of farmer&s lung disease and other forms of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Consequently, the binomial M. faeni has been used in numerous scientific and medical publications, whereas M. rectivirgula appears in few. The genus Micropolyspora so conserved would also include Micropolyspora angiospora Zhukova, Tsyganov, and Morozov 1968 (Approved Lists, 1980) and Micropolyspora internatus Agre, Guzeva, and Dorkhova 1974 (Approved Lists, 1980).", }