Name: Thermosporothrix hazakensis Yabe et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.za.ken’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hazakensis, pertaining to Hazaka, referring to the isolation of the type strain at Hazaka Plant Research Center, Japan

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1881; JCM 16142; SK20-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB500145 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A. Thermosporothrix hazakensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost, description of Thermosporotrichaceae fam. nov. within the class Ktedonobacteria Cavaletti et al. 2007 and emended description of the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1794-1801.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermosporothrix Yabe et al. 2010. Publication: Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A. Thermosporothrix hazakensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost, description of Thermosporotrichaceae fam. nov. within the class Ktedonobacteria Cavaletti et al. 2007 and emended description of the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1794-1801.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Thermosporothrix Yabe et al. 2010

Assigned by: Yabe S, Aiba Y, Sakai Y, Hazaka M, Yokota A. Thermosporothrix hazakensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from compost, description of Thermosporotrichaceae fam. nov. within the class Ktedonobacteria Cavaletti et al. 2007 and emended description of the class Ktedonobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1794-1801.

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