Name: Thermobifida cellulosilytica corrig. Kukolya et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. cellulosilytica, dissolving cellulose

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kel-lu-lo-si-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44535; JCM 11767; NCAIM B.01997; TB100

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ298058 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kukolya J, Nagy I, Laday M, Toth E, Oravecz O, Marialigeti K, Hornok L. Thermobifida cellulolytica sp. nov., a novel lignocellulose-decomposing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1193-1199. 🇭🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermobifida cellulolytica Kukolya et al. 2002	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10663 (N = 11).
  • 😷 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 26 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The original spelling Thermobifida cellulolytica (sic) has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Parent taxon: Thermobifida Zhang et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kukolya J, Nagy I, Laday M, Toth E, Oravecz O, Marialigeti K, Hornok L. Thermobifida cellulolytica sp. nov., a novel lignocellulose-decomposing actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1193-1199. 🇭🇺

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