Cryptosporangium is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.
Etymology The name Cryptosporangium derives from:Gr . adj . kruptos, hidden; Neo-Latin noun sporangium [from Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed (and in biology a spore), and Greek noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel], sporangium; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Cryptosporangium, an organism with sporangia (spore containing vessels) covered or hidden by mycelium.
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
Etymology C. aurantiacum (ex Ruan et al. 1976) Tamura and Hatano 2001 (Neo-Latin neuter gender adjective aurantiacum, orange-coloured.) C. arvum Tamura et al. 1998 (Latin noun arvum, arable field, cultivated land, pertaining to isolate from arable land.) C. japonicum Tamura et al. 1998 (Neo-Latin neuter gender adjective japonicum, pertaining to Japan where the organisms were isolated.) C. minutisporangium (Ruan et al. 1986) Tamura and Hatano 2001 (Latin adjective minutus, little, small, minute; Neo-Latin noun sporangium [from Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed (and in biology a spore), and Greek noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel], sporangium; Neo-Latin noun minutisporangium (nominative in apposition), the small sporangium.)
See also Bacterial taxonomy List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera Microbiology
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