| 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 | |
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D. aurantiacum |
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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