Acrocarpospora

<i>Acrocarpospora</i>

Acrocarpospora

Genus of bacteria

Acrocarpospora is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota. The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-9(H(4)) and use madurose, an actinomycete whole-cell sugar.[1]

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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]

  • 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 morphÄ“, form, shape; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[7][8][9]
Acrocarpospora

A. corrugata (Williams & Sharples 1976) Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000

A. catenulata Liu et al. 2022

A. phusangensis Niemhom et al. 2013

A. macrocephala Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000

A. pleiomorpha Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000
Acrocarpospora

A. phusangensis

A. corrugata

A. macrocephala

A. pleiomorpha

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    A.C. Parte; et al. "Acrocarpospora". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  3. [3]
    Sayers; et al. "Acrocarpospora". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  4. [4]
    "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  5. [5]
    "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  6. [6]
    "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  7. [7]
    "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. [8]
    "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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