Genus Amorphosporangium
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Amorphosporangium Couch 1963, genus.
Type species: ¤ Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. amorphos, without form, shapeless; N.L. neut. n. sporangium (from Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; Gr. n. angeion, vessel), sporangium; N.L. neut. n. Amorphosporangium, irregularly shaped sporangium.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: COUCH (J.N.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.
→ ¤ Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980).
Note: Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 propose to transfer ¤ Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980), the type species of the genus Amorphosporangium, to the genus ¤ Actinoplanes as ¤ Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Amorphosporangium to ¤ Actinoplanes.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 26. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1988, 38, 328-329.
Effective publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.) and KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.): Union of the genera Actinoplanes Couch, Ampullariella Couch, and Amorphosporangium Couch in a redefined genus Actinoplanes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1987, 9, 110-114.
Effective publication Online
Amorphosporangium auranticolor Couch 1963, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 15330= DSM 43031 = HAMBI 1975 = IFO (now NBRC) 12245 = JCM 3038 = VKM Ac-648.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U58526.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: COUCH (J.N.): Some new genera and species of the Actinoplanaceae. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 1963, 79, 53-70.
→ ¤ Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, comb. nov.
Amorphosporangium globisporum Thiemann 1967, species.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ATCC 23056= DSM 43857 = IFO (now NBRC) 13912 = JCM 3186.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB048219.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: THIEMANN (J.E.): A new species of the genus Amorphosporangium isolated from Italian soil. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata, 1967, 33, 233-240.
→ ¤ Actinoplanes globisporus (Thiemann 1967) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988, comb. nov.