Name: Acrocarpospora Tamura et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. akros, uttermost, topmost, highest, at the top, end; Gr. masc. n. karpos, fruit; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Acrocarpospora, an organism forming spores like fruits on the terminal mycelium

Gender: feminine (stem: Acrocarpospor-)

Type species: Acrocarpospora pleiomorpha Tamura et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Suzuki S, Hatano K. Acrocarpospora gen. nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1163-1171.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Arcocarpospora".
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 4; DSM: 4; JCM: 4; IFO: 3; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; BCC: 1; NCIMB: 1; CICC: 1; CCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Acrocarpospora catenulata Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acrocarpospora corrugata (Williams and Sharples 1976) Tamura et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acrocarpospora macrocephala Tamura et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acrocarpospora phusangensis Niemhom et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Acrocarpospora pleiomorpha Tamura et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, 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.

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