Name: Actinosynnema Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), ray; Gr. prep. syn, together; Gr. neut. n. nêma, thread; N.L. neut. n. Actinosynnema, a bacterial generic name

Gender: neuter (stem: Actinosynnemat-)

Type species: Actinosynnema mirum Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hasegawa T, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier HA. A new genus of Actinomycetales: Actinosynnema gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:304-310.

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

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000. Publication: Labeda DP, Kroppenstedt RM. Phylogenetic analysis of Saccharothrix and related taxa: proposal for Actinosynnemataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:331-336.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Actinosynnemataceae Labeda and Kroppenstedt 2000. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Thermomonosporas" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Acffnosynnema".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; NBRC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 2; VKM: 2; IFO: 2; NRRL: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ATSY" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinosynnema mirum Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinosynnema pretiosum Hasegawa et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pseudonocardiaceae Embley et al. 1989

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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