Table 2.
Numbers of actinomycetales species, including the all rare actinos, known to produce bioactive metabolites, are summarized [45]
| Actinomycetales species | No. | Actinomycetales species | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streptomycetaceae | Thermomonosporaceae | ||
| 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 |
| Alkalomyces 1 | 1 | ||
| Catellatospora 1 | 1 | ||
| Erythrosporangium | 1 | ||
| Streptoplanospora | 1 | ||
| Microechinospora | 1 | ||
| Salinospora | 1 | ||