Name: Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no’pla.nes. Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), ray, beam; Gr. masc. n. planês, a wanderer, roamer; N.L. masc. n. Actinoplanes, literally, a ray wanderer, intended to signify an actinomycete with swimming spores

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Actinoplanet-), ak-ti-NO-pla-nes

Type species: Actinoplanes philippinensis Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Couch JN. Actinoplanes. A new genus of the Actinomycetales. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1950; 66:87-92.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Symbioplanes Roman et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ampullariella Couch 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paractinoplanes Roman et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Amorphoplanes Roman et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Amorphosporangium Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Winogradskya Roman et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Ampullaria" Couch 1963	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1987 Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Union of the genera Actinoplanes Couch, Ampullariella Couch, and Amorphosporangium Couch in a redefined genus Actinoplanes. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:110-114. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 6 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 The emended genus Actinoplanes Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988 was inadvertently omitted from Validation List no. 26. This amended genus is to be regarded as having been validly published in List no. 26 (July 1988).
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Actinoplanaceae Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Couch JN. Actinosporangiaceae should be Actinoplanaceae. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:269.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Actinoplanetaceae corrig. Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Couch JN. Actinosporangiaceae should be Actinoplanaceae. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:269.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Actinoplanales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Actinoplanetaceae corrig. Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Couch (1955) assigned this genus to the family Actinoplanetaceae corrig. Couch 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Couch JN. Actinosporangiaceae should be Actinoplanaceae. Journal of Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 1955; 71:269.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinoplanetes" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acinoplanes"; "Aclinoplaes"; "Actinaplane"; "Actinoplaes"; "Actinoplane"; "Actinoplanea"; "Actinoplnnes"; "Actinopzanes".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Nurkanto et al. (2016), Ngaemthao et al. (2016), Tamura et al. (2011), Wang et al. (2024), Luo et al. (2021). 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: DSM: 55; NBRC: 43; JCM: 42; ATCC: 31; IFO: 30; NRRL: 29; NCIMB: 15; KCTC: 14; VKM: 12; CGMCC: 9.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ATPN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 59
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 63
Total number of child taxa: 80

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinoplanes abujensis Sazak et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes aksuensis Ding et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes arizonaensis" Karwowski et al. 1988	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes armeniacus Kalakoutskii and Kusnetsov 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinoplanes atraurantiacus Zhang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes aurantiacus" Ruan et al. 1976	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes auranticolor (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes aureus Song et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes azureus" Celmer et al. 1977	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes bogorensis corrig. Nurkanto et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes bogoriensis Nurkanto et al. 2016	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Actinoplanes brasiliensis Thiemann et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes caeruleus Horan and Brodsky 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinoplanes campanulatus (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes capillaceus Matsumoto et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinoplanes cibodasensis Nurkanto et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes coloradoensis" Jackson et al. 1987	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes consettensis Goodfellow et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes couchii Kämpfer et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes cyaneus Terekhova et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes deccanensis Parenti et al. 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes derwentensis Goodfellow et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes deserti Habib et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes digitatis (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Actinoplanes digitatus corrig. (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes durhamensis Goodfellow et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes ferrugineus Palleroni 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes ferrugineus" (Ara et al. 2008) Nouioui et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Actinoplanes flavus Luo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes friuliensis Aretz et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes garbadinensis" Parenti et al. 1976	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes globisporus (Thiemann 1967) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes hotanensis Ding et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes hulinensis" Shen et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes humidus Goodfellow et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes ianthinogenes (ex Coronelli et al. 1974) Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes italicus Beretta 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes kirromycinicus Zeng et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes lichenicola Saeng-in et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes lichenis Phongsopitanun et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes liguriae" Parenti et al. 1976	not validly published	synonym
    Actinoplanes liguriensis Wink et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes lobatus (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes luteus Suriyachadkun et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes lutulentus Gao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes maris Xie et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes minutisporangius Ruan et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinoplanes missouriensis Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes nipponensis Wink et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes oblitus Yushchuk et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes octamycinicus corrig. (ex Gauze et al. 1979) Tamura et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes oryzae Kaewkla et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes ovalisporus Saeng-in et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes palleronii Goodfellow et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes pallidoaurantiacus" Ruan et al. 1976	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes philippinensis Couch 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes polyasparticus Ding et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes purpeobrunneus" Ruan and Jiang 1979	not validly published	preferred name
    "Actinoplanes pyriformis" Ruan and Jiang 1979	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes pyxinae Somphong et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes ramoplaninifer Marcone et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes rectilineatus Lechevalier and Lechevalier 1975 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes regularis (Couch 1963) Stackebrandt and Kroppenstedt 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes rhizophilus He et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes rishiriensis Yamamura et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes sandaracinus Wang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes sediminis Qu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes siamensis Suriyachadkun et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes sichuanensis Sun et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes solisilvae" Ma et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes subglobosus Ngaemthao et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes teichomyceticus Wink et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes teicomyceticus" Pryka et al. 1988	not validly published	synonym
    Actinoplanes tereljensis Ara et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes toevensis Ara et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes tropicalis Nurkanto et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinoplanes utahensis Couch 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes violaceus" Jiang et al. 1983	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinoplanes xinjiangensis Sun et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinoplanes yunnanensis" Jiang et al. 1983	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Micromonosporaceae Krassilnikov 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Koch C, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E. 16S ribosomal DNA analysis of the genera Micromonospora, Actinoplanes, Catellatospora, Catenuloplanes, Couchioplanes, Dactylosporangium, and Pilimelia and emendation of the family Micromonosporaceae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:765-768. 🇩🇪

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