Family Actinosynnemataceae
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Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000, fam. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Actinosynnema Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Actinosynnema -atos, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Actinosynnemataceae, the Actinosynnema family.
Valid publication: LABEDA (D.P.) and KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.): Phylogenetic analysis of Saccharothrix and related taxa: proposal for Actinosynnemataceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 331-336.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Actinosynnema Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Actinosynnema -atos, type genus of the family; suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Actinosynnemataceae, the Actinosynnema family.
Reference: 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
→ ¤ Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Labeda et al. 2011.
Note: According to Labeda et al. 2011, Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 is a later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Labeda et al. 2011.
Reference: LABEDA (D.P.), GOODFELLOW (M.), CHUN (J.), ZHI (X.Y.) and LI (W.J.): Reassessment of the systematics of the suborder Pseudonocardineae: transfer of the genera within the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 into an emended family Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989 emend. Zhi et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1259-1264.
Original article in IJSEM Online
