Actinoalloteichus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Pseudonocardiales
Family:	Pseudonocardiaceae
Genus:	Actinoalloteichus Tamura et al. 2000[1]
Type species
Actinoalloteichus cyanogriseus Tamura et al. 2000[2]
Species
See text.

Actinoalloteichus is a genus in the phylum Actinomycetota (Bacteria).^[3]

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.^[4]

Species

The genus contains four species:^[4]

• 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.)^[5]
• 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.)^[6]
• 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.)^[7]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References