Actinospica
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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 | |
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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]
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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]
References
- 1 2 3 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Actinospica in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- 1 2 C.L. Schoch; et al. "Actinospica". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
- ↑ "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ↑ "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ↑ "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.