Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Editor list: Whitman, WB

Publication year: 2015

eISBN: 978-1-118-96060-8

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00139

Abstract: 

Ac.ti.no.pla'nes. Gr. n. aktis aktinos ray, beam; Gr. masc. n. planes a wanderer, roamer; N.L. masc. n. Actinoplanes literally, a ray wanderer (intended to signify an actinomycete with swimming spores).

Actinobacteria / Actinobacteria / Micromonosporales / Micromonosporaceae / Actinoplanes

Substrate mycelium is developed on various agar media. Hyphae are 0.2–1.2 µm in diameter, branched, and septated; fragmentation is very rare. Gram-stain-positive, although parts may be Gram-stain-negative. Non-acid-fast. Aerial mycelium is absent or scanty.

DNA G+C content (mol%): 69.0–73.0 (T _m).

Type species: Actinoplanes philippinensis Couch 1950, 89^AL.

Harvard Citation style: Vobis, G., Schäfer, J. and Kämpfer, P. (2015) Actinoplanes, in Whitman, W. (ed.) Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00139

APA Citation style: Vobis, G., Schäfer, J., & Kämpfer, P. (2015). Actinoplanes. In Whitman, W. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00139