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Actinosynnema

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Actinobacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
"Actinobacteria"

Subclass
  
Actinobacteridae

Suborder
  
Pseudonocardineae

Similar
  
Pseudonocardia, Dactylosporangium, Actinoplanes, Amycolatopsis, Actinomadura

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

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Etymology

The name Actinosynnema derives from:
Greek noun aktis, aktinos (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; New Latin neuter gender noun Actinosynnema, indicates a synnema-forming actinomycete.

Species

The genus contains 2 species, namely

  • A. mirum ( Hasegawa et al. 1978, species. (Type species of the genus).; Latin neuter gender adjective mirum, marvellous, wonderful.)
  • A. pretiosum ( Hasegawa et al. 1983, ; Latin neuter gender adjective pretiosum, precious.)

    • References

    Actinosynnema Wikipedia
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