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Acrocarpospora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Streptosporangiales
Family:	Streptosporangiaceae
Genus:	Acrocarpospora Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000
Type species
Acrocarpospora pleiomorpha Tamura, Suzuki & Hatano 2000
Species
A. catenulata A. corrugata A. macrocephala A. phusangensis A. pleiomorpha

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.

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.

• 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) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. "Acrocarpospora gen. Nov., a new genus of the order Actinomycetales -- Tamura et al. 50 (3): 1163 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
2. ^ A.C. Parte; et al. "Acrocarpospora". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
3. Sayers; et al. "Acrocarpospora". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
4. "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
5. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
6. "LTP_08_2023 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 20 November 2023.
7. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
8. "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

• Bacteria genera
• Actinomycetota