Acrocarpospora

Acrocarpospora is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria). The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-9(H(4)) and use madurose, an actinomycete whole-cell sugar.[1]

Acrocarpospora
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Actinobacteridae
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Streptosporangineae
Family:
Streptosporangiaceae
Genus:
Acrocarpospora
Type species
A. pleiomorpha

Etymology

The name Acrocarpospora derives from:
Greek adjective akros, uttermost, topmost, highest, at the top, end; Greek noun karpos, fruit; Greek feminine gender noun spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; New Latin feminine gender noun Acrocarpospora, an organism forming spores like fruits on the terminal mycelium.[2]

Species

The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]

  • A. corrugata ( (Williams and Sharples 1976) Tamura et al. 2000; Latin feminine gender participle adjective corrugata, ridged (spores).)
  • A. macrocephala ( Tamura et al. 2000; Greek adjective makrokephalos, long-headed; New Latin feminine gender noun macrocephala, large head.)
  • A. pleiomorpha ( Tamura et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective pleios, full; Greek noun morphē, form, shape; New Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.)

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Acrocarpospora 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.
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