Acrocarpospora
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Streptosporangiales
- family
- Streptosporangiaceae
- genus
- Acrocarpospora
Abstract
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.
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; New Latin feminine gender noun Acrocarpospora, an organism forming spores like fruits on the terminal mycelium.
Species
The genus contains 3 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
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; New 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; New Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.)
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; New 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; New Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.)
Name
- Homonyms
- Acrocarpospora