Curtobacterium
Genus of bacteria
Curtobacterium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Micrococcales |
Family: | Microbacteriaceae |
Genus: | Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
Type species | |
Curtobacterium citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
Species[2] | |
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Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.[1] They are Gram-positive soil organisms.[3]
An analysis of Curtobacterium sequences from around the globe revealed the genus to be a cosmopolitan terrestrial taxon, with isolates derived primarily from plant and soil habitat.[4]
References
- ^ a b Yamada K, Komagata K. (1972). "Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 18 (6): 417–431. doi:10.2323/jgam.18.417.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Curtobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300. PMID 15750056.
- ^ Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874. PMC 5118839. PMID 27920771.
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