Actinoalloteichus
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Actinoalloteichus is a genus in the phylum Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria
Actinobacteria are a group of Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. Actinobacteria is one of the dominant phyla of the bacteria....

 (Bacteria
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).

Etymology

The name Actinoalloteichus derives from:
Greek noun actis actinos, ray (used to refer to actinomycetes); Greek adjective allos, another, the other; Greek masculine gender
Grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

 noun teichos, wall; New Latin
New Latin
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 masculine gender
Grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

 noun Actinoalloteichus, actinomycete with a different wall.

Species

The genus contains 4 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
  • A. cyanogriseus ( Tamura et al. 2000, (Type species of the genus).; Latin
    Latin
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     adjective cyaneus, dark blue; New Latin
    New Latin
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     adjective griseus, grey; New Latin
    New Latin
    The term New Latin, or Neo-Latin, is used to describe the Latin language used in original works created between c. 1500 and c. 1900. Among other uses, Latin during this period was employed in scholarly and scientific publications...

     masculine gender
    Grammatical gender
    Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

     adjective cyanogriseus, blue-grey.)
  • A. hymeniacidonis ( Zhang et al. 2006, ; New Latin
    New Latin
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     genitive case
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     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, ; New Latin
    New Latin
    The term New Latin, or Neo-Latin, is used to describe the Latin language used in original works created between c. 1500 and c. 1900. Among other uses, Latin during this period was employed in scholarly and scientific publications...

     masculine gender
    Grammatical gender
    Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

     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, ; New Latin
    New Latin
    The term New Latin, or Neo-Latin, is used to describe the Latin language used in original works created between c. 1500 and c. 1900. Among other uses, Latin during this period was employed in scholarly and scientific publications...

     masculine gender
    Grammatical gender
    Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...

    adjective spitiensis, pertaining to Spiti Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated.)
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