Actinoalloteichus

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

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

Etymology

The name Actinoalloteichus derives from the Greek noun actis or actinos, ray (used to refer to actinomycetes); Greek adjective allos, another, the other; Greek masculine gender noun teichos, wall; New Latin masculine gender noun Actinoalloteichus, actinomycete with a different wall.[2]

Species

The genus contains four species (including basonyms and synonyms):[2]

  • A. cyanogriseus (Tamura et al. 2000 (type species of the genus); Latin adjective cyaneus, dark blue; New Latin adjective griseus, grey; New Latin masculine gender adjective cyanogriseus, blue-grey.)[3]
  • A. hymeniacidonis (Zhang et al. 2006; New Latin genitive case noun hymeniacidonis, of Hymeniacidon, the generic name of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve, the source of the type strain.)[4]
  • A. nanshanensis (Xiang et al. 2011; New Latin masculine gender adjective nanshanensis, of or pertaining to the Nanshan Temple in Guangxi Province in south China, from where the sample was collected.)[5]
  • A. spitiensis (Singla et al. 2005; New Latin masculine gender adjective spitiensis, pertaining to Spiti Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.)[6]

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". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Actinoalloteichus 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. Tamura, T.; Ishida, Y.; Otoguro, M.; Hatano, K.; Labeda, D.; Price, N. P.; Suzuki, K. -I. (2008). "Reclassification of Streptomyces caeruleus as a synonym of Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus and reclassification of Streptomyces spheroides and Streptomyces laceyi as later synonyms of Streptomyces niveus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (12): 2812–2814. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.65560-0. PMID 19060064.
  4. Zhang, H.; Zheng, W.; Huang, J.; Luo, H.; Jin, Y.; Zhang, W.; Liu, Z.; Huang, Y. (2006). "Actinoalloteichus hymeniacidonis sp. Nov., an actinomycete isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (10): 2309–2312. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64217-0. PMID 17012552.
  5. Xiang, W.; Liu, C.; Wang, X.; Du, J.; Xi, L.; Huang, Y. (2010). "Actinoalloteichus nanshanensis sp. Nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of a fig tree (Ficus religiosa)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (5): 1165–1169. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.023283-0. PMID 20562245.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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