Etymology:Gr. masc. adj.thermos, hot; Gr. fem. n.aktis (gen. aktînos), ray, beam; Gr. masc. n.mykês, a mushroom, any thing shaped like a mushroom; N.L. masc. n.Thermoactinomyces, heat (loving) ray fungus
Effective publication:
Tsiklinsky P. Sur les mucedinéés thermophiles. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1899; 13:500-505.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
2
Emendations:
Yoon et al. 2005
Yoon JH, Kim IG, Shin YK, Park YH. Proposal of the genus Thermoactinomyces sensu stricto and three new genera, Laceyella, Thermoflavimicrobium and Seinonella, on the basis of phenotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:395-400.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991. Notes:
⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 4 species from the genus.
Mutschlechner et al. 2021
Mutschlechner M, Lackner N, Markt R, Salvenmoser W, Dunlap CA, Wagner AO. Proposal of Thermoactinomyces mirandus sp. nov., a filamentous, anaerobic bacterium isolated from a biogas plant. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:45-54.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006.Publication:
Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thermoactinomycetales Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Thermoactinomycetales Chuvochina et al. 2024.Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Tbermoactinomyces"; "Thermoaclmomyces"; "Thermoactillomyces"; "Thermoactinomyc"; "Thermoactinomyceta"; "Thermoacwwmyces". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Thermoactinomycetes".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 16; JCM: 11; ATCC: 10; KCTC: 8; VKM: 6; NBRC: 4; IFO: 4; NRRL: 4; CCUG: 3; NCIMB: 2.
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TMAT" 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.
🧍 See also Kuester and Locci (1964).Publication:
Küster E, Locci R. Taxonomic studies on the genus Thermoactinomyces. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1964; 14:109-114.
🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Thermoactinomyces Tsiklinsky (sic) 1899.Publication:
Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12 Total number of child taxa: 14
Assigned by:
Matsuo Y, Katsuta A, Matsuda S, Shizuri Y, Yokota A, Kasai H. Mechercharimyces mesophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens sp. nov., antitumour substance-producing marine bacteria, and description of Thermoactinomycetaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2837-2842.
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