Name: Thermoactinomyces daqus Yao et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: da’qus. N.L. masc. adj. daqus, pertaining to Daqu, a starter culture used in the production of Chinese liquors, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … DA-kwus, masculine

Type strain: CICC 10681; DSM 45914; H-18

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760063 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yao S, Liu Y, Zhang M, Zhang X, Li H, Zhao T, Xin C, Xu L, Zhang B, Cheng C. Thermoactinomyces daqus sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from high-temperature Daqu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:206-210. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• 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 3 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: Thermoactinomyces Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yao S, Liu Y, Zhang M, Zhang X, Li H, Zhao T, Xin C, Xu L, Zhang B, Cheng C. Thermoactinomyces daqus sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from high-temperature Daqu. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:206-210. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 791461