- Source: Actinoalloteichus
Actinoalloteichus is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).
Etymology
The name Actinoalloteichus derives from the Greek noun actis or actinos, ray (used to refer to actinomycetes); Greek adjective allos, another, the other; Greek masculine gender noun teichos, wall; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Actinoalloteichus, actinomycete with a different wall.
Species
The genus contains four species:
A. caeruleus (Baldacci 1944) Teo et al. 2021
"A. fjordicus" Nouioui et al. 2017
A. hoggarensis Boudjelal et al. 2015
A. hymeniacidonis Zhang et al. 2006 (Neo-Latin genitive case noun hymeniacidonis, of Hymeniacidon, the generic name of the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve, the source of the type strain.)
A. nanshanensis Xiang et al. 2011 (Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective nanshanensis, of or pertaining to the Nanshan Temple in Guangxi Province in south China, from where the sample was collected.)
A. spitiensis Singla et al. 2005 (Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective spitiensis, pertaining to Spiti Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.)
See also
Bacterial taxonomy
Microbiology
