Actinotignum

Actinotignum (formerly known as Actinobaculum[1]) is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).[2]

Actinotignum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Actinobacteridae
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Actinomycineae
Family:
Actinomycetaceae
Genus:
Actinotignum
Type species
A. suis

Etymology

The former name Actinobaculum derives from Greek noun aktis, aktinos, ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος, a beam; Latin baculum, rod, stick; .[3]

Species

The genus contains four species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[3]

  • A. massiliense (corrig. Greub and Raoult 2006; Latin massiliense, of or pertaining to Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where the organism was isolated.)[4]
  • A. schaalii (Lawson et al. 1997; New Latin schaalii, of Schaal, to honor Klaus P. Schaal, contemporary German microbiologist, for his contributions to actinomycete microbiology.)[5]
  • A. suis ( (Wegienek and Reddy 1982) Lawson et al. 1997, (Type species of the genus); Latin suis, of a hog, of a pig)[5]
  • A. urinale (Hall et al. 2003; Latin urinale, of or belonging to urine)[6]

See also

References
  1. Lotte, R (2016). "Actinotignum schaalii (formerly Actinobaculum schaalii): a newly recognized pathogen-review of the literature". Clin Microbiol Infect. 22 (1): 28–36. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2015.10.038. PMID 26577137.
  2. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Actinobaculum entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  4. Oren, A; Garrity, GM (2006). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (9): 2025–2027. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64643-0.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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