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Actinophytocola

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Actinobacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
"Actinobacteria"

Subclass
  
Actinobacteridae

Suborder
  
Pseudonocardineae

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Actinophytocola is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).

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Etymology

The name Actinophytocola derives from:
Greek noun actis actinos, a ray, beam; Greek noun phuton, a plant; Latin masculine gender suff. -cola (from Latin noun incola), a dweller, inhabitant; New Latin masculine gender noun Actinophytocola, actinobacterial dweller inside a plant.

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

  • A. burenkhanensis ( Ara et al. 2011, ; New Latin masculine gender adjective burenkhanensis, of or belonging to Burenkhan, isolated from soil of Burenkhan, Khuvsgul province, Mongolia.)
  • A. corallina ( Otoguro et al. 2011, ; Latin feminine gender adjective corallina, coral red, because the organism produces coral-coloured soluble pigment.)
  • A. oryzae ( Indananda et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun oryza, rice and also the name of a botanical genus; Latin genitive case noun oryzae, of rice, denoting the isolation of the type strain from roots of Thai glutinous rice plants.)
  • A. timorensis ( Otoguro et al. 2011, ; New Latin feminine gender adjective timorensis, of or pertaining to (West) Timor, Indonesia, from where the type strain was isolated.)

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