Actinospica

Actinospica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Catenulisporales
Family:	Actinospicaceae
Genus:	Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006 [1] [2]
Type species
Actinospica robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006
Species [3]
A. acidiphila A. acidithermotolerans A. durhamensis A. robiniae

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

Etymology

The name Actinospica derives from:
Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam (=an actinomycete-like bacterium); Latin feminine gender noun spica, tuft; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Actinospica, an actinomycete with tufts of aerial hyphae. ^[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [4] [5] [6]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [7] [8] [9]
Actinospica A. durhamensisGolinksa 2015 A. robiniaeCavaletti et al. 2006 Actinocrinis puniceicyclusKim et al. 2017 A. acidiphilaCavaletti et al. 2006 A. acidithermotoleransCavaletti et al. 2006	Actinospica A. acidithermotolerans A. durhamensis A. robiniae

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely ^[2]

• A. acidiphila Cavaletti et al. 2006 (Neo-Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Neo-Latin adjective philus from Greek adjective philos (φίλος) meaning friend, loving; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective acidiphila, acid-loving.) ^[1]
• A. robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006 (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Robinia , a genus of tree (as it was isolated from Robinia pseudoacacia ); Neo-Latin feminine gender genitive case noun robiniae, of Robinia ^[1]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera
• Microbiology

References

1. Cavaletti, L.; Monciardini, P.; Schumann, P.; Rohde, M.; Bamonte, R.; Busti, E.; Sosio, M.; Donadio, S. (2006). "Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: Proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (8): 1747–1753. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.63859-0 . PMID   16902002.
2. A.C. Parte; et al. "Actinospica". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
3. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Actinospica". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
4. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
5. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.