Name: Thermoactinomyces peptonophilus Nonomura and Ohara 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pep.to.no.phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. peptos, cooked; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. peptonophilus, peptone loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27302; DSM 44666; JCM 10113; KCTC 9740

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF138735 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil. X. New genus and species of monosporic actinomycetes in soil. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1971; 49:895-903.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Seinonella peptonophila (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Yoon et al. 2005

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Seinonella peptonophila (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Yoon et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermoactinomyces peptonophilus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Thermoactinomyces.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermoactinomyces Tsiklinsky 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nonomura H, Ohara Y. Distribution of actinomycetes in soil. X. New genus and species of monosporic actinomycetes in soil. Journal of Fermentation Technology 1971; 49:895-903.

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Record number: 782490