Name: Thermoactinomyces Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

Gender: masculine (stem: Thermoactinomycet-)

Type species: Thermoactinomyces vulgaris Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• 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.
  • 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tbermoactinomyces"; "Thermoaclmomyces"; "Thermoactillomyces"; "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; NRRL: 4; NBRC: 4; IFO: 4; CCUG: 3; NCIMB: 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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thermoactinomyces candidus Kurup et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces daqus Yao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoactinomyces dichotomica (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Cross and Goodfellow 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Thermoactinomyces dichotomicus corrig. (Krassilnikov and Agre 1964) Cross and Goodfellow 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces guangxiensis Wu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces intermedius Kurup et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoactinomyces khenchelensis Mokrane et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoactinomyces mirandus Mutschlechner et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thermoactinomyces peptonophilus Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces putidus Lacey and Cross 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces sacchari Lacey 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Thermoactinomyces thalpophilus (ex Waksman and Corke 1953) Lacey and Cross 1989	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Thermoactinomyces viridis" Schuurmans et al. 1956	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Thermoactinomyces vulgaris Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006

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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