Actinoallomurus

Actinoallomurus
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Subclass: Actinobacteridae
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Streptosporangineae
Family: Thermomonosporaceae
Genus: Actinoallomurus
Type species
A. spadix

Actinoallomurus is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).[1]

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Etymology

The name Actinoallomurus derives from:
Greek noun actis actinos, ray, used to refer to actinomycetes; Greek adjective allos, different; Latin masculine gender noun murus, wall; New Latin masculine gender noun Actinoallomurus, actinomycetes with a different wall.[2]

Species

The genus contains 11 species[2]. Actinoallomurus spadix was previously known as Actinomadura spadix and with the exception of Actinoallomurus oryzae and Actinoallomurus acaciae, the rest were described in 2009 (Actinoallomurus amamiensis, Actinoallomurus caesius, Actinoallomurus coprocola, Actinoallomurus fulvus, Actinoallomurus iriomotensis, Actinoallomurus luridus, Actinoallomurus purpureus and Actinoallomurus yoronensis[3]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  2. ^ a b Actinoallomurus entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
  3. ^ TAMURA (T.), ISHIDA (Y.), NOZAWA (Y.), OTOGURO (M.) and SUZUKI (K.): Transfer of Actinomadura spadix Nonomura and Ohara 1971 to Actinoallomurus spadix gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Actinoallomurus amamiensis sp. nov., Actinoallomurus caesius sp. nov., Actinoallomurus coprocola sp. nov., Actinoallomurus fulvus sp. nov., Actinoallomurus iriomotensis sp. nov., Actinoallomurus luridus sp. nov., Actinoallomurus purpureus sp. nov. and Actinoallomurus yoronensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1867-1874.