Name: Desmospora activa Yassin et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ac.ti’va. L. fem. adj. activa, active, referring to the metabolic activity of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55916; DSM 45169; IMMIB L-1269

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM940019 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Klenk HP, Siering C. Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:454-459.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009. Publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Klenk HP, Siering C. Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:454-459.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Klenk HP, Siering C. Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:454-459.

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