Family Actinopolysporaceae
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Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Actinopolysporaceae Zhi et al. 2009, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Actinopolyspora Gochnauer et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Actinopolyspora, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Actinopolysporaceae, the Actinopolyspora family.
Valid publication: ZHI (X.Y.), LI (W.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 589-608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
