Genus Haloactinospora
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
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).
Haloactinospora Tang et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Haloactinospora alba Tang et al. 2008.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Gr. n. aktis -inos, a ray; Gr. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Haloactinospora, salt-loving and spored ray, referring to a halophilic and spore-forming actinomycete.
Valid publication: TANG (S.K.), TIAN (X.P.), ZHI (X.Y.), CAI (M.), WU (J.Y.), YANG (L.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Haloactinospora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete of the family Nocardiopsaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2075-2080.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Haloactinospora alba Tang et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 90648 = CCTCC AA 206008 = DSM 45015 = JCM 16004.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ923130.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. alba, white.
Valid publication: TANG (S.K.), TIAN (X.P.), ZHI (X.Y.), CAI (M.), WU (J.Y.), YANG (L.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Haloactinospora alba gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic filamentous actinomycete of the family Nocardiopsaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2075-2080.
Original article in IJSEM Online