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Name: Microtetraspora Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Mi.cro.tet’raspo.ra. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. pref. tetra-, four (in compound words); Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. fem. n. Microtetraspora, the small four-spored (organism)
Gender: feminine (stem: Microtetraspor-)
Type species: Microtetraspora glauca Thiemann et al. 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Thiemann JE, Pagani H, Beretta G. A new genus of the Actinomycetales: Microtetraspora gen. nov. J Gen Microbiol 1968; 50:295-303.
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 21
Total number of child taxa: 23
Parent taxon: Streptosporangiaceae Goodfellow et al. 1990
Assigned by:
Ay H, Saygin H, Sahin N. Phylogenomic revision of the family Streptosporangiaceae, reclassification of Desertactinospora gelatinilytica as Spongiactinospora gelatinilytica comb. nov. and a taxonomic home for the genus Sinosporangium in the family Streptosporangiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2562-2572.
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Record number: 516101