Species Laceyella tengchongensis

Name: Laceyella tengchongensis Zhang et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: teng.chong.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tengchongensis, of or pertaining to Tengchong county, Yunnan province, south-west China, where the type strain was collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: la-key-EL-la ten͡g-k^hon͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208050; DSM 45262; YIM 10002

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ426598 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang J, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Yu LY, Klenk HP, Li WJ. Laceyella tengchongensis sp. nov., a thermophile isolated from soil of a volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2226-2230. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Laceyella Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Zhang J, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Yu LY, Klenk HP, Li WJ. Laceyella tengchongensis sp. nov., a thermophile isolated from soil of a volcano. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2226-2230. 🇨🇳

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