Actinomycetaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type genus
Actinomyces
Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Arcanobacteriaceae Salam et al. 2020

The Actinomycetaceae (often called actinomycetes or mycelial bacteria) are a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales that contains the medically important genus Actinomyces. These organisms are closely related to the mycobacteria, but were originally classified as fungi because they were thought to be transitional forms between bacteria and fungi.

Genera

The family Actinomycetaceae comprises the following genera:[2]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2] The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.[3][a]

Actinomycetales

Actinobaculum

Actinotignum

Trueperella

Arcanobacterium

Buchananella

Bowdeniella

Actinomyces

Winkia

Varibaculum

Mobiluncus

Pauljensenia

Boudabousia

Gleimia

Schaalia

outgroup

Bifidobacteriales

Notes

  1. ^ Flaviflexus, Fudania, and Peptidiphaga are not included in this phylogenetic tree.

References

  1. ^ Buchanan RE (1918). "Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: VIII. The Subgroups and Genera of the Actinomycetales". J Bacteriol. 3 (4): 403–406. doi:10.1128/jb.3.4.403-406.1918. PMC 378768. PMID 16558803.
  2. ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Actinomycetaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Göker M (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 9: 2007. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. PMC 6113628. PMID 30186281.

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