Name: Laceyella thermophila Ming et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.la. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. thermophila, heat loving

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-MO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: CCTC AB 2015040; CCTCC AB 2015040; JCM 30657; NBRC 110772; YIM 79486

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KP232927 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ming H, Ji WL, Li S, Zhao ZL, Zhang LY, Meng XL, Zhou EM, Nie GX, Li WJ. Laceyella thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2953-2958. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

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 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 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Laceyella Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Ming H, Ji WL, Li S, Zhao ZL, Zhang LY, Meng XL, Zhou EM, Nie GX, Li WJ. Laceyella thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2953-2958. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 795695