Actinopolyspora

Actinopolyspora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Actinopolysporales
Family:	Actinopolysporaceae
Genus:	Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980) [1]
Type species
Actinopolyspora halophila Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
See text.

Actinopolyspora is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria). ^[2]

Etymology

The name Actinopolyspora means "the many-spored actinomycete" (aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), nominally meaning a beam, but in effect meaning an actinomycete-like bacterium, poly meaning many, spora meaning spores) ^[3]

Species

The genus contains 11 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely ^{[3] [4]}

• A. alba Tang et al. 2011
• A. algeriensis Meklat et al. 2013
• A. biskrensis Saker et al. 2015
• " A. dayingensis " Guan et al. 2013
• A. erythraea Tang et al. 2011
• A. halophila Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists)
• A. lacussalsi Guan et al. 2013
• A. mortivallis Yoshida et al. 1991 ^[5]
• A. mzabensis Meklat et al. 2013
• A. righensis Meklat et al. 2014
• A. saharensis Meklat et al. 2013
• A. salinaria Duangmal et al. 2016
• A. xinjiangensis Guan et al. 2011 ^[6]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-04. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
2. 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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590 . PMID   9103655.
3. Actinopolyspora entry in LPSN ; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590 . PMID   9103655.
4. Parte, A.C. "Actinopolyspora". LPSN .
5. Yoshida, M.; Matsubara, K.; Kudo, T.; Horikoshi, K. (1991). "Actinopolyspora mortivallis sp. nov., a Moderately Halophilic Actinomycete". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 41: 15. doi: 10.1099/00207713-41-1-15 .
6. "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61: 1–3. 2011. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.030445-0. PMC   5817221 .