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Actinomadura  echinospora JCM 3148T
Section: 9 No: 63
Lineage: Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria, Actinobacteridae, Actinomycetales, Streptosporangineae, Thermomonosporaceae
Contributor: S. Miyadoh & S. Amano

The main axial aerial hyphae bear lateral branches on which spores in characteristic longitudinal pairs are formed. The spore surface is spiny. This organism was originally assigned to the genus Microbispora. Bar, 1 µm.

References:
Nonomura, H. & Ohara, Y.: Distribution of the actinomycetes in soil. IX. New species of the genus Microbispora and Microtetraspora and their isolation methods. J. Ferm. Technol., 1971, 49, 887-894.
Kroppenstedt, R.M., Stackebrandt, E. & Goodfellow, M.: Taxonomic revision of the actinomycete genera Actinomadura and Microtetraspora. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1990, 13, 148-160.

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