Dactylosporangium is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Dactylosporangium derives from:
Greek noun daktulos, finger; Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed, and in biology a spore; Greek neuter gender noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel ; New Latin neuter gender noun Dactylosporangium an organism with finger-shaped, spore-containing vessels (sporangia).
The genus contains 11 species, namely
D. aurantiacum (Thiemann et al. 1967, species. (Type species of the genus).; New Latin neuter gender adjective aurantiacum, orange colored.)
D. darangshiense (Seo and Lee 2010; New Latin neuter gender adjective darangshiense, of or pertaining to Darangshi, referring to Darangshi Oreum in Jeju, Republic of Korea, the site from which the type strain was isolated.)
D. fulvum (Shomura et al. 1986; Latin neuter gender adjective fulvum, deep yellow, tawny, yellowish brown, referring to the color of the vegetative mycelium.)
D. luridum (Kim et al. 2010; Latin neuter gender adjective luridum, pale yellow.)
D. luteum (Kim et al. 2010; Latin neuter gender adjective luteum, orange–yellow, flame-coloured.)
D. maewongense (Chiaraphongphon et al. 2010; New Latin neuter gender adjective maewongense, pertaining to Maewong National Park, where the type strain was isolated.)
D. matsuzakiense (Shomura and Niida 1983; New Latin neuter gender adjective matsuzakiense, of or pertaining to Matsuzaki-cho, Izu Peninsula, Japan.)
D. roseum (Shomura et al. 1985; Latin neuter gender adjective roseum, rose colored, pink.)
D. salmoneum (ex Celmer et al. 1978; Kim et al. 2010, nom. rev.; Latin noun salmo -onis, salmon; Latin adjective suff. -eus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; New Latin neuter gender adjective salmoneum, salmon-coloured.)
D. thailandense (Thiemann et al. 1967, species; New Latin neuter gender adjective thailandense, of or pertaining to Thailand.)
D. vinaceum (Shomura et al. 1983; Latin neuter gender adjective vinaceum, of or belonging to wine, intended to mean wine colored.)
