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Actinosynnema

Genus of bacteria


Genus of bacteria

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

Etymology

The name Actinosynnema derives from: Greek noun grc (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), beam =actinomycete-like bacterium; Greek prep. syn, in company with, together with; Greek noun nema, thread; N.Greek noun synnema, threads wrapping together, synnema; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Actinosynnema, indicates a synnema-forming actinomycete.

Species

The genus contains 2 species, namely

  • A. mirum Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) (Latin neuter gender adjective mirum, marvellous, wonderful.)
  • A. pretiosum Hasegawa et al. 1983 (Latin neuter gender adjective pretiosum, precious.)

References

References

  1. {{lpsn. classificationac.html. Classification of Genera AC
  2. {{lpsn. a/actinosynnema.html. Actinosynnema
  3. (1978). "New Genus of the Actinomycetales: Actinosynnema gen. Nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology.
  4. (1983). "Motile Actinomycetes: Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. Pretiosum sp. Nov., subsp. Nov., and Actinosynnema pretiosum subsp. Auranticum subsp. Nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology.
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