Actinopolymorpha

Actinopolymorpha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Propionibacteriales
Family:	Actinopolymorphaceae
Genus:	Actinopolymorpha Wang et al. 2001
Type species
Actinopolymorpha singaporensis Wang et al. 2001
Species
A. alba A. cephalotaxi A. pittospori A. rutila A. singaporensis

Actinopolymorpha is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).

Etymology

The name Actinopolymorpha derives from:
Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος); Greek adjective polumorphos, multiform, manifold; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun (Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective used as a substantive) Actinopolymorpha, actinomycete of many shapes.

• A. alba Cao et al. 2009 (Latin feminine gender adjective alba, white, referring to the white substrate mycelium.)
• A. cephalotaxi Yuan et al. 2010 (Neo-Latin genitive case noun cephalotaxi, of Cephalotaxus, isolated from Cephalotaxus fortunei from which the rhizosphere soil sample was collected.)
• A. pittospori Kaewkla and Franco 2011
• A. rutila Wang et al. 2008 (Latin feminine gender adjective rutila, red inclining to golden-yellow, referring to the colour of colonies produced.)
• A. singaporensis Wang et al. 2001 (Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective singaporensis, of or belonging to Singapore, signifying the country where the type strain was isolated.)

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References