Actinomycetospora

Actinomycetospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Pseudonocardineae
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Actinomycetospora
Type species
A. chiangmaiensis

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

Etymology

The name Actinomycetospora derives from:
New Latin noun actinomyces -etis (from Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam and Greek noun mukēs -ētos, mushroom or other fungus), an actinomycete; Greek feminine gender noun spora (σπορά), a seed and, in biology, a spore; New Latin feminine gender noun Actinomycetospora, referring to an actinomycete with spore chains.^[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,^[2] namely A. chiangmaiensis ( Jiang et al. 2008, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective chiangmaiensis, pertaining to Chiang Mai, a city in the north of Thailand in the vicinity of which the type strain was found.)^[3]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

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.]
2. Actinomycetospora 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.]
3. Jiang, Y.; Wiese, J.; Tang, S. -K.; Xu, L. -H.; Imhoff, J. F.; Jiang, C. -L. (2008). "Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (2): 408–413. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64976-0.