Acrocarpospora
Acrocarpospora is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria). The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-9(H(4)) and use madurose, an actinomycete whole-cell sugar.[1]
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| Genus: | Acrocarpospora |
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| A. pleiomorpha | |
Etymology
The name Acrocarpospora derives from:
Greek adjective akros, uttermost, topmost, highest, at the top, end; Greek noun karpos, fruit; Greek feminine gender noun spora, a seed, and in biology a spore; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Acrocarpospora, an organism forming spores like fruits on the terminal mycelium.[2]
Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- A. corrugata ( (Williams and Sharples 1976) Tamura et al. 2000; Latin feminine gender participle adjective corrugata, ridged (spores).)
- A. macrocephala ( Tamura et al. 2000; Greek adjective makrokephalos, long-headed; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun macrocephala, large head.)
- A. pleiomorpha ( Tamura et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective pleios, full; Greek noun morphē, form, shape; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.)
See also
References
- "Acrocarpospora gen. Nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales -- Tamura et al. 50 (3): 1163 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
- Acrocarpospora entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
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