Agromyces

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::summary Genus of bacteria ::

| taxon = Agromyces | authority = Gledhill and Casida 1969 (Approved Lists 1980) | type_species = Agromyces ramosus | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text.

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

Etymology

The name Agromyces derives from: Greek noun agros, field or soil; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun myces (from Greek masculine gender noun mukēs -etis), fungus; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Agromyces, soil fungus.

Species

The genus contains 31 species, namely

• A. albus ( Dorofeeva et al. 2003; Latin masculine gender adjective albus, white, referring to the white colour of colonies.)
• A. allii ( Jung et al. 2007,;: Neo-Latin genitive case noun allii, of Allium, referring to the source of isolation of the micro-organisms, the rhizosphere of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum.)
• A. atrinae ( Park et al. 2010; Neo-Latin noun Atrina, zoological name for a genus of bivalve mollusc; Neo-Latin genitive case noun atrinae, of Atrina, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a fermented food prepared from Atrina pectinata (comb pen shell).)
• A. aurantiacus ( Li et al. 2003; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective aurantiacus, orange-coloured.)
• A. aureus ( Corretto et al. 2016 )
• A. bauzanensis ( Zhang et al. 2010; Medieval Latin masculine gender adjective bauzanensis, of or belonging to Bauzanum, the medieval Latin name of Bozen/Bolzano, a city in South Tyrol, Italy, from where the type strain was isolated.)
• A. binzhouensis ( Chen et al. 2016 )
• A. bracchium ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001; Latin noun brachium (nominative in apposition), a branch of a tree, a twig, referring to the twig-like morphology.)
• A. cerinus ( Zgurskaya et al. 1992; Latin masculine gender adjective cerinus, waxcolored, yellow like wax.)
• A. flavus ( Chen et al. 2011 )
• A. fucosus ( Zgurskaya et al. 1992; Neo-Latin noun fucosum, fucose; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective fucosus (sic), containing fucose in the cell wall.)
• A. hippuratus ( (Zgurskaya et al. 1992) Ortiz-Martinez et al. 2004; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective hippuratus, pertaining to hippurate, relating to the ability to decompose hippurate.)
• A. humatus ( Jurado et al. 2005; Latin masculine gender participle adjective humatus, buried.)
• A. indicus ( Dastager et al. 2012 )
• A. insulae ( Huang et al. 2016 )
• A. iriomotensis ( Hamada et al. 2014 )
• A. italicus ( Jurado et al. 2005; Latin masculine gender adjective italicus, of or pertaining to Italy, of Italy, the origin of the type strain.)
• A. lapidis ( Jurado et al. 2005; Latin noun lapis -idis, a stone; Latin genitive case noun lapidis, of a stone.)
• A. luteolus ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001; Latin dim. masculine gender adjective luteolus, yellowish.)
• A. marinus ( Hamada et al. 2015 )
• A. mediolanus ( (ex Mamoli 1939) Suzuki et al. 1996, nom. rev.; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective mediolanus (sic), of or belonging Mediolanum, the old name of Milan, Italy.)
• A. neolithicus ( Jurado et al. 2005; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective neolithicus, Neolithic, referring to the origin of the Neolithic paintings in Grotta dei Cervi, the source of the soil from which the organism was isolated.)
• A. ramosus ( Gledhill and Casida 1969, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective ramosus, having many branches, much-branched.)
• A. rhizospherae ( Takeuchi and Hatano 2001; Neo-Latin rhiza, root; Greek noun sphaira, sphere; Neo-Latin genitive case noun rhizospherae, of the sphere of the root.)
• A. salentinus ( Jurado et al. 2005; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective salentinus, of or pertaining to Salentine Peninsula, the location of Grotta dei Cervi, the area from which the organism was isolated.)
• A. soli ( Lee et al. 2011 )
• A. subbeticus ( Jurado et al. 2005; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective subbeticus, of or belonging to the Subbetic Mountain Range, southern Spain, where the Cave of Bats is located.)
• A. subtropicus ( Hamada et al. 2014 )
• A. terreus ( Yoon et al. 2008; Latin masculine gender adjective terreus, of the earth.)
• A. tropicus ( Thawai et al. 2011; Latin masculine gender adjective tropicus, tropical, of or pertaining to the tropic(s), relating to isolation from a tropical forest.)
• A. ulmi ( Rivas et al. 2004; Latin genitive case noun ulmi, of the elm tree, referring to the isolation source of this micro-organism.)

References

References

1. "Agromyces". [[LPSN]].
2. (2007). "Agromyces allii sp. Nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Allium victorialis var. Platyphyllum". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
3. (2009). "Agromyces atrinae sp. Nov., isolated from fermented seafood". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
4. (2009). "Agromyces bauzanensis sp. Nov., isolated from soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
5. (2008). "Agromyces terreus sp. Nov., isolated from soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
6. (2010). "Agromyces tropicus sp. Nov., isolated from soil". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
7. {{lpsn. classificationac.html. Classification of Genera AC
8. {{lpsn. a/agromyces.html. Agromyces
9. "Agromyces albus sp. nov., isolated from a plant (Androsace sp.)".
10. "Agromyces luteolus sp. nov., Agromyces rhizospherae sp. nov. and Agromyces bracchium sp. nov., from the mangrove rhizosphere".
11. "Agromyces ulmi sp. nov., a xylanolytic bacterium isolated from Ulmus nigra in Spain".
12. (October 1992). "Emended Description of the Genus Agromyces and Description of Agromyces cerinus subsp. cerinus sp. nov., subsp. nov., Agromyces cerinus subsp. nitratus sp. nov., subsp. nov., Agromyces fucosus subsp. fucosus sp. nov., subsp. nov., and Agromyces fucosus subsp. hippuratus sp. nov., subsp. nov.". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
13. (January 2003). "Agromyces aurantiacus sp. nov., isolated from a Chinese primeval forest". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
14. "Agromyces italicus sp. nov., Agromyces humatus sp. nov. and Agromyces lapidis sp. nov., isolated from Roman catacombs".
15. (September 2004). "Reclassification of Agromyces fucosus subsp. hippuratus as Agromyces hippuratus sp. nov., comb. nov. and emended description of Agromyces fucosus". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
16. (2005). "Agromyces salentinus sp. nov. and Agromyces neolithicus sp. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
17. (January 1996). "Agromyces mediolanus sp. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov., a Species for “Corynebacterium mediolanum” Mamoli 1939 and for Some Aniline-Assimilating Bacteria Which Contain 2,4-Diaminobutyric Acid in the Cell Wall Peptidoglycan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.
18. [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/1/225 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names] {{webarchive. link. (2009-09-04)
19. "Agromyces subbeticus sp. nov., isolated from a cave in southern Spain".

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