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

Gender: 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

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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