Biology:Acrocarpospora

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Acrocarpospora is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota. The major respiratory quinone is menaquinone MK-9(H(4)) and use madurose, an actinomycete whole-cell sugar.[1]

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; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun Acrocarpospora, an organism forming spores like fruits on the terminal mycelium.[2]

  • 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; Neo-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; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective pleiomorpha, pleiomorphic, in various shapes.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[3]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024[4][5][6] 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220[7][8][9]
Acrocarpospora

A. corrugata (Williams & Sharples 1976) Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000

A. macrocephala Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000

A. pleiomorpha Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000

A. catenulata Liu et al. 2022

A. phusangensis Niemhom et al. 2013

Herbidospora soli Niemhom & Thawai 2018

Acrocarpospora

A. phusangensis

A. phusangensis

A. corrugata

A. macrocephala

A. pleiomorpha

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4675306 entry