Dactylosporangium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Class: | Actinobacteria |
Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Micromonosporineae |
Family: | Micromonosporaceae |
Genus: | Dactylosporangium |
Type species | |
D. aurantiacum |
Dactylosporangium is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Dactylosporangium derives from:
Greek noun daktulos, finger; Greek noun spora (σπορά), a seed, and in biology a spore; Greek neuter gender noun angeion (Latin transliteration angium), vessel ; New Latin neuter gender noun Dactylosporangium an organism with finger-shaped, spore-containing vessels (sporangia).
The genus contains 11 species, namely