Species ***Streptomyces* *thermoautotrophicus***

Name: Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus Gadkari et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.au.to.tro’phi.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. pron. autos, self; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. thermoautotrophicus, heat-loving self-nourishing, referring to the ability to grow at high temperature at the expense of CO or H2 plus CO2 [probably better: thermautotrophicus]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: strep-TO-my-kes t^her-mo-a͡u-to-TRO-p^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 100163; DSM 41605; KCTC 49540; LMG 19855; NBRC 101056; UBT1

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16S rRNA gene: JYIK01000998 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gadkari D, Schricker K, Acker G, Kroppenstedt RM, Meyer O. Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus sp. nov., a Thermophilic CO- and H(2)-Oxidizing Obligate Chemolithoautotroph. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:3727-3734. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 38. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica (Gadkari et al. 1991) Volpiano et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 7 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 the genus.
- 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection. Not available in LMG, DSMZ or NBRC.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Deposit DSM 41605, from which other culture collection deposits had been derived, turned out to be contaminated. In 2015 a replacement strain was provided by one of the authors, which obtained the number DSM 100163. There is currently no other source for obtaining S. thermoautotrophicus UBT1. — Nouioui I. Personal communication, 2020-11-24.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 The deposits DSM 41605, LMG 19855, and NBRC 101056 are no longer available from these collections. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2009-12-01.

Parent taxon: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gadkari D, Schricker K, Acker G, Kroppenstedt RM, Meyer O. Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus sp. nov., a Thermophilic CO- and H(2)-Oxidizing Obligate Chemolithoautotroph. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:3727-3734. 🇩🇪

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Species Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus

Species ***Streptomyces* *thermoautotrophicus***