Genus Carbonactinospora

Name: Carbonactinospora Volpiano et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Car.bon.ac.ti.no’spo.ra. L. masc. n. carbo, charcoal; Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in biology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Carbonactinospora, an actinomycete found near a charcoal burning pile

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Carbonactinospor-), kar-bon-ak-ti-NO-spo-ra

Type species: Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica (Gadkari et al. 1991) Volpiano et al. 2021

Effective publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, da Mota FF, Sangal V, Sutcliffe I, Munusamy M, Saravanan VS, See-Too WS, Passaglia LMP, Rosado AS. Proposal of Carbonactinosporaceae fam. nov. within the class Actinomycetia. Reclassification of Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus as Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica gen. nov., comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126223. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 201. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4943.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mangrovactinospora Madhaiyan et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Chainia Thirumalachar 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinosporangium Krassilnikov and Yuan 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinacidiphila Madhaiyan et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Microellobosporia Cross et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Elytrosporangium Falcão de Morais et al. 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Actinopycnidium Krassilnikov 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kitasatoa Matsumae and Hata 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Microechinospora" Konev et al. 1967	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Streptoverticillium Baldacci 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Carbonactinosporaceae Volpiano et al. 2021. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, da Mota FF, Sangal V, Sutcliffe I, Munusamy M, Saravanan VS, See-Too WS, Passaglia LMP, Rosado AS. Proposal of Carbonactinosporaceae fam. nov. within the class Actinomycetia. Reclassification of Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus as Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica gen. nov., comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126223. 🇸🇦
  • 🧕 Volpiano et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Carbonactinosporaceae Volpiano et al. 2021. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, da Mota FF, Sangal V, Sutcliffe I, Munusamy M, Saravanan VS, See-Too WS, Passaglia LMP, Rosado AS. Proposal of Carbonactinosporaceae fam. nov. within the class Actinomycetia. Reclassification of Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus as Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica gen. nov., comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126223. 🇸🇦
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Streptomyces Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gadkari D, Schricker K, Acker G, Kroppenstedt RM, Meyer O. Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus sp. nov., a Thermophilic CO- and H(2)-Oxidizing Obligate Chemolithoautotroph. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:3727-3734. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Carbonactispora".
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Carbonactinospora is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; LMG: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Carbonactinospora thermoautotrophica (Gadkari et al. 1991) Volpiano et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Streptomycetaceae Waksman and Henrici 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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