actinocatenispora actinocatenispora actinocatenispora is a genus in the phylum actinomycetota (bacteria). actinocatenispora scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micromonosporales family: micromonosporaceae genus: actinocatenisporathawai et al. 2006 type species actinocatenispora thailandicathawai et al. 2006 species see text. etymology the name actinocatenispora derives from greek noun aktis, aktinos (ἀκτίς, ἀκτῖνος), a beam, ray; latin noun catena, chain; greek feminine gender noun spora (σπορά), seed, and in biology a spore; resulting in neo-latin feminine gender noun actinocatenispora, spore chain-producing ray (fungus). species the genus comprises the following species: a. comari oyunbileg et al. 2021 a. rupis seo and lee 2009 (latin genitive case noun rupis, of a cliff, referring to the site from which the type strain was isolated.) a. sera matsumoto et al. 2007 (latin feminine gender adjective sera, late.) a. thailandica thawai et al. 2006 (neo-latin feminine gender adjective thailandica, of or belonging to thailand, where the type strain was isolated.) phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn) and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) and the phylogeny is based on 16s rrna-based ltp release 123 by the all-species living tree project actinocatenispora a. rupis a. sera a. thailandica