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

Gender: 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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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