Actinopolyspora

Actinopolyspora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Actinopolysporineae
Family:	Actinopolysporaceae
Genus:	Actinopolyspora
Type species
A. halophila

Actinopolyspora is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).^[1]

Etymology

The name Actinopolyspora means "the many-spored actinomycete" (aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), nominally meaning a beam, but in effect meaning an actinomycete-like bacterium, poly meaning many, spora meaning spores)^[2]

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely^[2]

• A. halophila ( Gochnauer et al. 1975, species.)^[3]
• A. iraqiensis ( Ruan et al. 1994)^[4]
• A. mortivallis ( Yoshida et al. 1991)^[5]
• A. xinjiangensis ( Guan et al. 2011), isolated in Xinjiang, a region of China^[6]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
2. Actinopolyspora entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655.]
3. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/1/225
4. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/44/4/759
5. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/41/1/15
6. "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61: 1–3. 2011. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.030445-0.