Genus Actinotignum
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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").
Actinotignum Yassin et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Actinotignum schaalii Yassin et al. 2015.
Etymology: N.L. pref. actino-, from Gr. n. aktis, aktinos, a ray; L. neut. n. tignum, a rod like a short beam; N.L. neut. n. Actinotignum, ray beam, used to refer to a rod-shaped actinomycete.
Valid publication: YASSIN, A. F., SPRÖER, C., PUKALL, R., SYLVESTER, M., SIERING, C. and SCHUMANN, P. 2015. Dissection of the genus Actinobaculum: Reclassification of Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997 and Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003 as Actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of Actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Actinobaculum and Actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T (=DSM 19118T), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 615-624
Original article in IJSEM Online
Actinotignum sanguinis Yassin et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMMIB L-2199=CCUG 64068=DSM 26039.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HG798952.
Etymology: L. masc. gen. n. sanguinis, of blood.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: YASSIN, A. F., SPRÖER, C., PUKALL, R., SYLVESTER, M., SIERING, C. and SCHUMANN, P. 2015. Dissection of the genus Actinobaculum: Reclassification of Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997 and Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003 as Actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of Actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Actinobaculum and Actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T (=DSM 19118T), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 615-624
Original article in IJSEM Online
Actinotignum schaalii Yassin et al. 2015, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CCUG 27420=CIP 105739=DSM 15541=LMG 18293.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Y12329.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. schaalii, of Schaal, to honour Klaus P. Schaal, contemporary German microbiologist, for his contributions to actinomycete microbiology.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: YASSIN, A. F., SPRÖER, C., PUKALL, R., SYLVESTER, M., SIERING, C. and SCHUMANN, P. 2015. Dissection of the genus Actinobaculum: Reclassification of Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997 and Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003 as Actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of Actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Actinobaculum and Actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T (=DSM 19118T), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 615-624
Original article in IJSEM Online
Actinotignum urinale Yassin et al. 2015, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) R9242=CCUG 46093=CIP 107424=DSM 15805.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ439453.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. urinale, pertaining to urine.
Source: Clinical.
Valid publication: YASSIN, A. F., SPRÖER, C., PUKALL, R., SYLVESTER, M., SIERING, C. and SCHUMANN, P. 2015. Dissection of the genus Actinobaculum: Reclassification of Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997 and Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003 as Actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of Actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Actinobaculum and Actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T (=DSM 19118T), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 615-624
Original article in IJSEM Online