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Acrocarpospora

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Actinobacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Subclass
  
Actinobacteridae

Suborder
  
Streptosporangineae

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Acrocarpospora is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria). The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-9(H(4)) and use madurose, an actinomycete whole-cell sugar.

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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; 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.)

    • References

    Acrocarpospora Wikipedia
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