Tsukamurella

Tsukamurella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Tsukamurellaceae

Rainey et al. 1997[1]
Genus:
Tsukamurella

Collins et al. 1988[2]
Type species
Tsukamurella paurometabola[3]
Species[3]

T. carboxydivorans
T. hominis
T. hongkongensis
T. inchonensis
T. ocularis
T. paurometabola
T. pseudospumae
T. pulmonis
T. serpentis
T. sinensis
T. soli
T. spongiae
T. spumae
T. strandjordii
T. sunchonensis
T. tyrosinosolven

Tsukamurella is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and obligate aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Tsukamurellaceae.[3][4][5] Most of the strains of Tsukamurella degrade starch.[6] Some Tsukamurella species can cause infections in humans.[7][8]

References

  1. Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. (1997). "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 479–491.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. (1988). "Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38: 385–391.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 3 Parte, A.C. "Tsukamurella". LPSN.
  4. "Tsukamurella". www.uniprot.org.
  5. Goodfellow, Michael; Kumar, Yashawant (1 January 2015). "Tsukamurella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–16. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00038.
  6. George M., Garrity (2012). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 0-387-68233-3.
  7. Organization, World Health (2004). Guidelines for drinking-water quality (3rd ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN 92-4-154638-7.
  8. Connie R., Mahon; Donald C., Lehman; George, Manuselis Jr. (2014). Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 0-323-29261-5.

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