Name: Actinospica robiniae Cavaletti et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bi’ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. Robinia, scientific name of a genus of tree; N.L. gen. fem. n. robiniae, of Robinia, isolated from a wood of Robinia pseudoacacia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-SPI-ka ro-BI-ni-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: DSM 44927; GE134769; JCM 14908; NBRC 102112; NRRL B-24432

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ865863 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Busti E, Sosio M, Donadio S. Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1747-1753. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006. Publication: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Busti E, Sosio M, Donadio S. Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1747-1753. 🇮🇹
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 In the title of the paper by Cavaletti et al. 2006, the suborder Catenulisporineae is erroneously cited as Catenulisporinae (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Actinospica Cavaletti et al. 2006

Assigned by: Cavaletti L, Monciardini P, Schumann P, Rohde M, Bamonte R, Busti E, Sosio M, Donadio S. Actinospica robiniae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Actinospica acidiphila sp. nov.: proposal for Actinospicaceae fam. nov. and Catenulisporinae subord. nov. in the order Actinomycetales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1747-1753. 🇮🇹

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