Cryptosporangium

Cryptosporangium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Frankineae
Family:	Cryptosporangiaceae
Genus:	Cryptosporangium
Type species
C. arvum

Cryptosporangium is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).^[1]

Etymology

The name Cryptosporangium derives from:
Gr . adj . kruptos, hidden; New Latin noun sporangium [from Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed (and in biology a spore), and Greek noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel], sporangium; New Latin neuter gender noun Cryptosporangium, an organism with sporangia (spore containing vessels) covered or hidden by mycelium.^[2]

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely^[2]

• C. arvum ( Tamura et al. 1998, (Type species of the genus).; Latin noun arvum, arable field, cultivated land, pertaining to isolate from arable land.)^[3]
• C. aurantiacum ( (ex Ruan et al. 1976) Tamura and Hatano 2001, , nom. rev.; New Latin neuter gender adjective aurantiacum, orange-coloured.)^[4]
• C. japonicum ( Tamura et al. 1998, ; New Latin neuter gender adjective japonicum, pertaining to Japan where the organisms were isolated.)^[5]
• C. minutisporangium ( (Ruan et al. 1986) Tamura and Hatano 2001, ; Latin adjective minutus, little, small, minute; New Latin noun sporangium [from Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed (and in biology a spore), and Greek noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel], sporangium; New Latin noun minutisporangium (nominative in apposition), the small sporangium.)^[6]

See Also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

References

1. ^ Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
2. ^ ^{a b} Cryptosporangium entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol 47 (2): 590-2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/47/2/590. ]
3. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/995
4. ^ "Status of strains that contravene Rules 27 (3) and 30 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Opinion 81". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58 (7): 1755–1763. 2008. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.2008/005264-0.  edit
5. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/3/995
6. ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/51/6/2119