Genus Actinotignum

Name: Actinotignum Yassin et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.ti’gnum. from Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray; L. neut. n. tignum, a rod like a short beam; N.L. neut. n. Actinotignum, ray beam, used to refer to a rod-shaped actinomycete

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Actinotign-), ak-ti-no-TI-n͡gnum

Type species: Actinotignum schaalii (Lawson et al. 1997) Yassin et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Sproer C, Pukall R, Sylvester M, Siering C, Schumann P. Dissection of the genus Actinobaculum: Reclassification of Actinobaculum schaalii Lawson et al. 1997 and Actinobaculum urinale Hall et al. 2003 as Actinotignum schaalii gen. nov., comb. nov. and Actinotignum urinale comb. nov., description of Actinotignum sanguinis sp. nov. and emended descriptions of the genus Actinobaculum and Actinobaculum suis; and re-examination of the culture deposited as Actinobaculum massiliense CCUG 47753T ( = DSM 19118T), revealing that it does not represent a strain of this species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:615-624. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Arcanobacteriaceae Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997. Publication: Lawson PA, Falsen E, Akervall E, Vandamme P, Collins MD. Characterization of some Actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical specimens: reclassification of Actinomyces suis (Soltys and Spratling) as Actinobaculum suis comb. nov. and description of Actinobaculum schaalii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:899-903. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 10; LMG: 8; DSM: 3; CIP: 2; CCM: 1; CSUR: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinotignum cystesis Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum inguinis Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum lotii Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum saccati Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum sanguinis Yassin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum schaalii (Lawson et al. 1997) Yassin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum stranguriae Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinotignum timonense" Brahimi et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Actinotignum urematis Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum urinale (Hall et al. 2003) Yassin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinotignum vesiculae Winterflood et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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