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

Gender: feminine

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

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 98 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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