Actinospica Explained

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

Etymology

The name Actinospica derives from:
Greek noun (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: 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.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[2]

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely^[1]

• 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.)^[9]
• 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^[9]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: A.C. Parte. Actinospica. 2023-09-09. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). et al..
2. Web site: Sayers. Actinospica. 2023-09-09. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. et al..
3. Web site: The LTP . 20 November 2023.
4. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 20 November 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_08_2023 Release Notes. 20 November 2023.
6. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: bac120_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
9. Cavaletti . L. . Monciardini . P. . Schumann . P. . Rohde . M. . Bamonte . R. . Busti . E. . Sosio . M. . Donadio . S. . 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 . 2006 . 10.1099/ijs.0.63859-0 . 16902002. free .