Actinomycetaceae

Actinomycetales
Scanning electron micrograph of Actinomyces israelii.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Actinomycineae
Family:	Actinomycetaceae Buchanan, 1917
Genera
Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997 Actinomyces Harz 1877 Arcanobacterium Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983 emend. Yassin et al. 2011 Mobiluncus Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984 emend. Hoyles et al. 2004 Trueperella Yassin et al. 2011 Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003

Actinomycetaceae is a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales that contains the medically important genus Actinomyces.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[2] and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project ^[3]

References

1. ^ J.P. Euzéby. "Actinomycetaceae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [1]. http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/classifphyla.html#Actinobacteria. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 
2. ^ Sayers et al.. "Actinomycetaceae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database [2]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=85005&lvl=3&lin. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
3. ^ 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 (full tree)". Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database [3]. http://www.arb-silva.de/fileadmin/silva_databases/living_tree/LTP_release_106/LTPs106_SSU_tree.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 

External links

• http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/111575.htm
• Kilian M (August 1978). "Rapid identification of Actinomycetaceae and related bacteria". J. Clin. Microbiol. 8 (2): 127–33. PMC 275167. PMID 100505. http://jcm.asm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=100505. 

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