Actinomycetes

Taxonomy ID: 1760 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1760)

current name

Actinomycetes  Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) in [Skerman VBD et al. (1980)]

homotypic synonym:

Actinomycetia  Salam et al. 2020 , nom. illeg.  ¹⁾ in [Salam N et al. (2020)]

Actinobacteria  Stackebrandt et al. 1997 , nom. illeg.  ²⁾

homotypic synonym:

Actinobacteria  Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 in [Nouioui I et al. (2018c)]

includes:

Actinobacteridae  Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009

Genbank common name: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria
NCBI BLAST name: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria
Rank: class
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

blast name

high G+C Gram-positive bacteria

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota

Notes:

• 1) 'Nom. illeg.' (= nomen illegitimum, = illegitimate name) refers to a validly published name that is not in accordance with the particular rules of its relevant Code of Nomenclature.
• 2) 'Nom. illeg.' (= nomen illegitimum, = illegitimate name) refers to a validly published name that is not in accordance with the particular rules of its relevant Code of Nomenclature.

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.

Salam N et al. (2020) , Pubmed: abstract Salam, N., Jiao, J.-Y., Zhang, X.-T., and Li, W.-J. "Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2020) 70(2):1331-1355.

Nouioui I et al. (2018c) , doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007 , Pubmed: abstract Nouioui, I., Carro, L., García-López, M., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Woyke, T., Kyrpides, N.C., Pukall, R., Klenk, H.-P., Goodfellow, M., and Göker M. "Genome-based taxonomic classification of the phylum Actinobacteria." Front. Microbiol. (2018) 9:2007.

Busse HJ & Schumann P (1999) Busse, H.-J., and Schumann, P. "Polyamine profiles within genera of the class Actinobacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the peptidoglycan." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:179-184.

Euzeby JP & Tindall BJ (2001) Euzeby, J.P., and Tindall, B.J. "Nomenclatural type of orders: corrections necessary according to Rules 15 and 21a of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), and designation of appropriate nomenclatural types of classes and subclasses. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51(2):725-727.

Krasil'nikov NA (1949) Krasil'nikov, N.A.: Guide to the Bacteria and Actinomycetes [Opredelitelv Bakterii i Actinomicetov], (1949). Akad. Nauk SSSR, Moscow, pp. 1-830. [No PubMed record available.]

Oren A (2017c) Oren, A. "Proposal to designate the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917, 162 (Approved Lists 1980) as the nomenclatural type of the class Actinobacteria. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67:3687-3688.

Stackebrandt E et al. (1997b) Stackebrandt, E., Rainey, F.A., and Ward-Rainey, N.L. "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:479-491. [No PubMed record available.]

Yoon JH & Park YH (2000) Yoon, J.H., and Park, Y.H. "Comparative sequence analyses of the ribonuclease P (RNase P) RNA genes from LL-2,6-diaminopimelic acid-containing actinomycetes." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2000) 50:2021-2029.

Zhi XY et al. (2009) Zhi, X.-Y., Li, W.-J., and Stackebrandt, E. "An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59(3):589-608.