Genus Asanoa
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 6
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).
Asanoa Lee and Hah 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Asanoa ferruginea (Asano and Kawamoto 1986) Lee and Hah 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Asanoa, named after Kozo Asano, the Japanese microbiologist who made the original description of the genus Catellatospora.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.) and HAH (Y.C.): Proposal to transfer Catellatospora ferruginea and 'Catellatospora ishikariense' to Asanoa gen. nov. as Asanoa ferruginea comb. nov. and Asanoa ishikariensis sp. nov., with emended description of the genus Catellatospora. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 967-972.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Asanoa Lee and Hah 2002 emend. Xu et al. 2011.
Reference: XU (X.X.), QU (Z.), WANG (H.), LIN (H.P.), WANG (C.), XIE (Q.Y.), RUAN (J.S.) and HONG (K.): Asanoa hainanensis sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Acrostichum speciosum in a mangrove, and emended description of the genus Asanoa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2384-2388.
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Asanoa endophytica Niemhom et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BR3-1=BCC 66355=NBRC 110002.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC032127.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: Gr. pref. endo, within; Gr. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. suff. -ica, adjectivesuff. used, with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from plant tissues.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: NIEMHOM, N., CHUTRAKUL, C., SURIYACHADKUN, C. and THAWAI, C. 2016. Asanoa endophytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from the rhizome of Boesenbergia rotunda. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1377-1382.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asanoa ferruginea (Asano and Kawamoto 1986) Lee and Hah 2002, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 6257-C = ATCC 49966= CIP 107013 = DSM 44099 = IFO (now NBRC) 14496 = IMSNU 22009 = JCM 7544 = NRRL B-16430 = VKM Ac-1422.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF152108.
Basonym: ¤ Catellatospora ferruginea Asano and Kawamoto 1986.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. ferruginea, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.) and HAH (Y.C.): Proposal to transfer Catellatospora ferruginea and 'Catellatospora ishikariense' to Asanoa gen. nov. as Asanoa ferruginea comb. nov. and Asanoa ishikariensis sp. nov., with emended description of the genus Catellatospora. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 967-972.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asanoa hainanensis Xu et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 210121 = CGMCC 4.5593 = DSM 45427.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ155992.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. hainanensis, of or pertaining to Hainan, a tropical province of China, from which the mangrove soil sample was collected.
Valid publication: XU (X.X.), QU (Z.), WANG (H.), LIN (H.P.), WANG (C.), XIE (Q.Y.), RUAN (J.S.) and HONG (K.): Asanoa hainanensis sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of Acrostichum speciosum in a mangrove, and emended description of the genus Asanoa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2384-2388.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asanoa iriomotensis Tamura and Sakane 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TT 97-02 = DSM 44745 = JCM 13312 = NBRC 100142.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB112081.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. iriomotensis, of or belonging to Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: TAMURA (T.) and SAKANE (T.): Asanoa iriomotensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 725-727.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Asanoa ishikariensis Lee and Hah 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IFO (now NBRC) 14551 = IMSNU 22004 = JCM 11895.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ294715.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. ishikariensis, of or pertaining to Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido, Japan, the origin of the soil sample from which the type stain was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (S.D.) and HAH (Y.C.): Proposal to transfer Catellatospora ferruginea and 'Catellatospora ishikariense' to Asanoa gen. nov. as Asanoa ferruginea comb. nov. and Asanoa ishikariensis sp. nov., with emended description of the genus Catellatospora. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 967-972.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Asanoa ishikariensis Lee and Hah 2002 was previously known as "Catellatospora ishikariense".
Asanoa siamensis Niemhom et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) PS7-2 = BCC 41921 = NBRC 107932.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB597931.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. siamensis, of or belonging to Siam, the old name for Thailand, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: NIEMHOM (N.), SURIYACHADKUN (C.), TAMURA (T.) and THAWAI (C.): Asanoa siamensis sp. nov., isolated from soil from a temperate peat swamp forest. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 66-71.
Original article in IJSEM Online