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 , ridged (spores). A. macrocephala Tamura et al. 2000; Greek adjective , long-headed; Neo-Latin feminine gender noun , large head. A. pleiomorpha Tamura et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Greek adjective , full; Greek noun , form, shape; Neo-Latin feminine gender adjective , 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).
16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226
See also List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera
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