Name: Thermomonospora chromogena (ex Krasil'nikov and Agre 1965) McCarthy and Cross 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: chro.mo’ge.na. Gr. neut. n. chrôma, color; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. fem. adj. chromogena, color producing

Pronunciation, gender: k^hro-MO-ge-na, feminine

Type strain: 577; ATCC 43196; DSM 43794; IFO 16096; JCM 6244; NBRC 16096; NCIB 10212; NCIMB 10212; no. 577; NRRL B-16983; Strain Agre no. 577

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF116562 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McCarthy AJ, Cross T. A taxonomic study of Thermomonospora and other monosporic actinomycetes. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1984; 130:5-25.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thermostaphylospora chromogena (McCarthy and Cross 1984 ex Krasil'nikov and Agre 1965) Wu et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermostaphylospora chromogena (McCarthy and Cross 1984 ex Krasil'nikov and Agre 1965) Wu et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermomonospora chromogena 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 Thermomonospora.
  • 😷 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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Actinobifida chromogena"; synonym: "Thermomonospora falcata". Publication: Henssen A. [Morphology and system of thermophilic actinomycetes]. Arch Mikrobiol 1957; 26:373-414.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Parent taxon: Thermomonospora Henssen 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McCarthy AJ, Cross T. A taxonomic study of Thermomonospora and other monosporic actinomycetes. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1984; 130:5-25.

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