Actinosynnema is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).

Etymology The name Actinosynnema derives from:Greek noun (), beam =actinomycete-like bacterium; Greek prep. syn, in company with, together with; Greek noun nema, thread; N.Greek noun synnema, threads wrapping together, synnema; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Actinosynnema, indicates a synnema-forming actinomycete.

A. mirum Hasegawa et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) (Latin neuter gender adjective mirum, marvellous, wonderful.) A. pretiosum Hasegawa et al. 1983 (Latin neuter gender adjective pretiosum, precious.)

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 Bacterial taxonomy List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera Microbiology

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