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Actinopolymorpha

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Nocardioidaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Actinobacteridae

Suborder
  
Propionibacterineae

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

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

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Etymology

The name Actinopolymorpha derives from:
Greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος); Greek adjective polumorphos, multiform, manifold; New Latin feminine gender noun (New Latin feminine gender adjective used as a substantive) Actinopolymorpha, actinomycete of many shapes.

Species

The genus contains four species, namely

  • A. alba ( Cao et al. 2009, ; Latin feminine gender adjective alba, white, referring to the white substrate mycelium.)
  • A. cephalotaxi ( Yuan et al. 2010, ; New Latin genitive case noun cephalotaxi, of Cephalotaxus, isolated from Cephalotaxus fortunei from which the rhizosphere soil sample was collected.)
  • A. rutila ( Wang et al. 2008, ; Latin feminine gender adjective rutila, red inclining to golden-yellow, referring to the colour of colonies produced.)
  • A. singaporensis ( Wang et al. 2001, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin feminine gender adjective singaporensis, of or belonging to Singapore, signifying the country where the type strain was isolated.)

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    Actinopolymorpha Wikipedia
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