Name: Thermomonospora fusca (ex Henssen 1957) McCarthy and Cross 1984

Category: Species

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

Etymology: fus’ca. L. fem. adj. fusca, dark, tawny

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FUS-ka, feminine

Type strain: 190Th; ATCC 27730; DSM 43792; NCIB 11185; NCIMB 11185

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB006171 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: Thermobifida fusca (McCarthy and Cross 1984 ex Henssen 1957) Zhang et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thermobifida fusca (McCarthy and Cross 1984 ex Henssen 1957) Zhang et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thermomonospora fusca 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 98 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 782610