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REVIEW article

Front. Microbiol.
Sec. Extreme Microbiology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1507902
This article is part of the Research Topic Recent Insights on Thermophilic Anaerobic Bacteria View all articles

The family Thermoactinomycetaceae: An emerging microbial resource with high application value

Provisionally accepted
Mingmei Zhong Mingmei Zhong 1Zhenchun Sun Zhenchun Sun 2Chunhui Wei Chunhui Wei 3Bertrand Muhoza Bertrand Muhoza 4Haojie Tian Haojie Tian 1Maoqiang Liu Maoqiang Liu 5Shuyi Qiu Shuyi Qiu 1Dounan Li Dounan Li 1*
  • 1 College of Liquor and Food Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
  • 2 Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, Guiyang, China
  • 3 Liquor Making Biological Technology and Application of Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Yibin, China
  • 4 School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University Lihu Avenue, Wuxi, China
  • 5 Sichuan Langjiu Group Co. Ltd., Luzhou, China

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    In recent years, interest has increased in the use of microorganisms to obtain additional valuable resources for green and sustainable development. Preliminary functional analyses have indicated that members of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae have good application potential for the production of novel specific enzymes, high-value bioactive compounds , novel secondary metabolites and the promotion of efficient biomass conversion. Therefore, they can be considered a new class of microbial resources with potentially high value. However, the lack of culture and culture-independent techniques coupled with the uncertain taxonomic status of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae, has made exploring these potential applications challenging. This paper reviews the distribution characteristics and functional properties of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae, providing a detailed interpretation of the potential application value of this group and proposing a set of systematic resource development strategies based on a combination of culture-dependent and culture-independent strategies to exploit its potential for resource applications.

    Keywords: Thermoactinomycetaceae1, Underexplored sources2, Heat-resistant enzymes3, Bioactive Compounds4, environmental protection5

    Received: 09 Oct 2024; Accepted: 06 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Zhong, Sun, Wei, Muhoza, Tian, Liu, Qiu and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Dounan Li, College of Liquor and Food Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China

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