Actinopolymorpha Explained

Actinopolymorpha is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name Actinopolymorpha derives from:
Greek noun (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος); Greek adjective , multiform, manifold; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun (Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective used as a substantive) Actinopolymorpha, actinomycete of many shapes.

• A. alba Cao et al. 2009 (Latin feminine gender adjective alba, white, referring to the white substrate mycelium.)^[1]
• A. cephalotaxi Yuan et al. 2010 (Neo-Latin genitive case noun cephalotaxi, of Cephalotaxus, isolated from Cephalotaxus fortunei from which the rhizosphere soil sample was collected.)^[2]
• A. pittospori Kaewkla and Franco 2011
• A. rutila Wang et al. 2008 (Latin feminine gender adjective rutila, red inclining to golden-yellow, referring to the colour of colonies produced.)^[3]
• A. singaporensis Wang et al. 2001 (Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective singaporensis, of or belonging to Singapore, signifying the country where the type strain was isolated.)^[4]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[5] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[6]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Cao . Y. -R. . Jiang . Y. . Wu . J. -Y. . Xu . L. -H. . Jiang . C. -L. . Actinopolymorpha alba sp. Nov., isolated from a rhizosphere soil . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 9 . 2200–2203 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.010280-0 . 19605725. free .
2. Yuan . L. -J. . Zhang . Y. -Q. . Yu . L. -Y. . Sun . C. -H. . Wei . Y. -Z. . Liu . H. -Y. . Li . W. -J. . Zhang . Y. -Q. . Actinopolymorpha cephalotaxi sp. Nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from rhizosphere soil of the plant Cephalotaxus fortunei . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . Pt 1 . 51–54 . 2009 . 19648316 . 10.1099/ijs.0.011197-0. free .
3. Wang . Y. -X. . Zhang . Y. -Q. . Xu . L. -H. . Li . W. -J. . Actinopolymorpha rutila sp. Nov., isolated from a forest soil . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 58 . 10 . 2443–2446 . 2008 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65629-0 . 18842872. free .
4. Web site: Actinopolymorpha singaporensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinomycete from the tropical rainforest of Singapore -- Wang et al. 51 (2): 467 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 2011-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704211524/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/2/467 . 2008-07-04 . dead .
5. Web site: A.C. Parte. Actinopolymorpha. 2023-09-09. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). et al..
6. Web site: Sayers. Actinopolymorpha. 2023-09-09. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. et al..
7. Web site: The LTP . 20 November 2023.
8. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 20 November 2023.
9. Web site: LTP_08_2023 Release Notes. 20 November 2023.
10. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
11. Web site: bac120_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
12. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.