Micromonospora

From micro- +‎ mono- +‎ Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, offspring”).

Micromonospora

1. (bacteriology) A taxonomic genus within the family Micromonosporaceae – actinomycetes that have well-developed, branching, septate mycelia bearing single spores that are sessile or on short or long sporophores and that include several antibiotic-producing forms (as Micromonospora echinospora, the source of gentamicin).

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Actinobacteria – phylum; Actinobacteria – class; Micromonosporales – order; Micromonosporaceae – family

• (genus):

• Micromonosporaceae
• Micromonosporales

• Micromonospora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Micromonospora”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.