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Mycobacteriales
| Mycobacteriales | |
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| Corynebacterium ulcerans colonies on a blood agar plate | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
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| Families[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Mycobacteriales are an order of bacteria.[1] The current description is genome-based, per Gupta 2019 emendation. Most members produce mycolic acids.[3]
- ^ a b Janke A. (1924). Allgemeine technische Mikrobiologie. I. Teil. Die Mikroorganismen [General Technical Microbiology. Part I. The Microorganisms.] (1st ed.). Dresden and Leipzig: T. Steinkopf.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Mycobacteriales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 7, 2021.
- ^ Gupta, Radhey S. (22 February 2019). "Commentary: Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00206. PMC 6395429.
Mycolic acids are important constituents of the cell envelopes of most members.
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