Table 2 Numbers of actinomycetales species, including the all rare actinos, known to produce bioactive metabolites, are summarized [45]
From: Secondary metabolites and biodiversity of actinomycetes
Actinomycetales species | No. | Actinomycetales species | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
Streptomycetaceae | Thermomonosporaceae | Â | |
Streptomyces | 8000 | Actinomadura | 345 |
Streptoverlicillium | 258 | Saccharothrix | 68 |
Kitasatosporia | 37 | Microbispora | 54 |
Chainia | 30 | Actinosynnema | 51 |
Microellobosporia | 11 | Nocardiopsis | 41 |
Nocardioides | 9 | Microtetraspora/Nonomuria | 26/21 |
Micromonosporaceae (Actinoplanetes) | Thermomonospora | 19 | |
Micromonospora | 740 | Micropolyspora/Faenia | 13/3 |
Actinoplanes | 248 | Thermoactinomyces | 14 |
Dactylosporangium | 58 | Thermopolyspora | 1 |
Ampullariella | 9 | Thermoactinopolyspora | 1 |
Glycomyces | 2 | Mycobacteriaceae (Actinobacteria) | |
Catenuloplanes | 3 | Nocardia | 357 |
Catellatospora | 1 | Mycobacterium | 57 |
Pseudonocardiaceae | Arthrobacter | 25 | |
Saccharopolyspora | 131 | Brevibacterium | 17 |
Amycalotopsis/Nocardia | 120/357 | Proactinomyces | 14 |
Kibdellosporangium | 34 | Rhodococcus | 13 |
Pseudonocardia | 27 | Other (unclassified) species | |
Amycolata | 12 | Actinosporangium | 30 |
Saccharomonospora | 2 | Microellobosporia | 11 |
Actinopolyspora | 1 | Frankia | 7 |
Streptosporangiaceae (Maduromycetes) | Westerdykella | 6 | |
Streptosporangium | 79 | Kitasatoa | 5 |
Streptoalloteichus | 48 | Synnenomyces | 4 |
Spirillospora | 11 | Sebekia | 3 |
Planobispora | 10 | Elaktomyces | 3 |
Kutzneria | 4 | Excelsospora | 3 |
Planomonospora | 2 | Waksmania | 3 |
| Â | Alkalomyces 1 | 1 | |
Catellatospora 1 | 1 | ||
Erythrosporangium | 1 | ||
Streptoplanospora | 1 | ||
Microechinospora | 1 | ||
Salinospora | 1 | ||