Name: Actinomycetospora Jiang et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti’no.my.ce.to.spo’ra. N.L. masc. n. Actinomyces, an actinomycete; from Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), ray, beam; from Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), mushroom or other fungus; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Actinomycetospora, referring to an actinomycete with spore chains

Gender: feminine (stem: Actinomycetospor-)

Type species: Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis Jiang et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jiang Y, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:408-413.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Tamura et al. 2011 Tamura T, Ishida Y, Hamada M, Otoguro M, Yamamura H, Hayakawa M, Suzuki K. Description of Actinomycetospora chibensis sp. nov., Actinomycetospora chlora sp. nov., Actinomycetospora cinnamomea sp. nov., Actinomycetospora corticicola sp. nov., Actinomycetospora lutea sp. nov., Actinomycetospora straminea sp. nov. and Actinomycetospora succinea sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Actinomycetospora. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1275-1280. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in the genus.
  • Zhang et al. 2014 Zhang Y, Liu C, Zhang J, Shen Y, Li C, He H, Wang X, Xiang W. Actinomycetospora atypica sp. nov., a novel soil actinomycete and emended description of the genus Actinomycetospora. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:891-897. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 20. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2191-2192.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yamamura et al. (2011), Saimee et al. (2024), He et al. (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 16; DSM: 13; TBRC: 7; KACC: 7; JCM: 7; CGMCC: 2; NEAU: 2; KCTC: 2; NRRL: 1; CCTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 20
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 20

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinomycetospora aeridis Suriyachadkun et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora atypica Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora aurantiaca Suriyachadkun et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora callitridis Kaewkla and Franco 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis Jiang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora chibensis Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora chlora Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora cinnamomea Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora corticicola Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora endophytica Sakdapetsiri et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora flava Suriyachadkun et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora iriomotensis Yamamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora lemnae Saimee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora lutea Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora rhizophila He et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora rishiriensis Yamamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora soli Chantavorakit and Duangmal 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora straminea Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora succinea Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinomycetospora termitidis Supong et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Jiang Y, Wiese J, Tang SK, Xu LH, Imhoff JF, Jiang CL. Actinomycetospora chiangmaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Pseudonocardiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:408-413.

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