Genus Actinospica
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
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).
Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Actinospicaceae Cavaletti et al. 2006).
Type species: ¤ Actinospica robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006.
Etymology: Gr. n. aktis -inos, a ray; L. fem. n. spica, tuft; N.L. fem. n. Actinospica, an actinomycete with tufts of aerial hyphae.
Valid publication: CAVALETTI (L.), MONCIARDINI (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), ROHDE (M.), BAMONTE (R.), BUSTI (E.), SOSIO (M.) and DONADIO (S.): Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporineae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1747-1753.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the title of the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006, the suborder Catenulisporineae is erroneously cited as Catenulisporinae (sic).
Reference: Erratum in IJSEM Online.
Actinospica acidiphila Cavaletti et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GE134766 = DSM 44926 = JCM 14896 = NBRC 102107 = NRRL B-24431.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ865861.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving.
Valid publication: CAVALETTI (L.), MONCIARDINI (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), ROHDE (M.), BAMONTE (R.), BUSTI (E.), SOSIO (M.) and DONADIO (S.): Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporineae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1747-1753.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The specific epithet acidiphila is a "N.L. fem. adj.", not a "N.L. fem. n." as cited in the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006.
2 In the title of the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006, the suborder Catenulisporineae is erroneously cited as Catenulisporinae (sic).
Reference: Erratum in IJSEM Online.
Actinospica durhamensis Golinska et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CSCA 57=DSM 46820=NCIMB 14953.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ445732.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. durhamensis, belonging to Durham, a county in the North East of England, the source of the isolates.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 3763-3767.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Golinska, P., Zucchi, T.D., Silva, L., Dahm, H. and Goodfellow, M. 2015. Actinospica durhamensis sp. nov., isolated from a spruce forest soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 108, 435-442.
Effective publication Online
Actinospica robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GE134769 = DSM 44927 = JCM 14908 = NBRC 102112 = NRRL B-24432.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ865863.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Robinia, scientific name of a genus of tree; N.L. fem. gen. n. robiniae, of Robinia, isolated from a wood of Robinia pseudoacacia.
Valid publication: CAVALETTI (L.), MONCIARDINI (P.), SCHUMANN (P.), ROHDE (M.), BAMONTE (R.), BUSTI (E.), SOSIO (M.) and DONADIO (S.): Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporineae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1747-1753.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the title of the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006, the suborder Catenulisporineae is erroneously cited as Catenulisporinae (sic).
Reference: Erratum in IJSEM Online.