Name: Laceyella putida (Lacey and Cross 1989) Yoon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thermoactinomyces putidus Lacey and Cross 1989

Etymology: pu’ti.da. L. fem. adj. putida, stinking, fetid

Pronunciation, gender: PU-ti-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49853; DSM 44608; JCM 8091; KCTC 3666; NCIB 12324; NCIMB 12324

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF138736 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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.

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermoactinomyces putidus Lacey and Cross 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Jiang et al. 2019 Jiang Z, Xiao M, Yang LL, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Genome-based taxonomic classification within the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2028-2036. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Laceyella Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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.

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