Tsukamurella

Tsukamurella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Tsukamurellaceae; Rainey et al. 1997
Genus:	Tsukamurella; Collins et al. 1988
Type species
	Tsukamurella paurometabola; corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988
Species
	T. asaccharolytica Teng et al. 2020; T. conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020; T. hominis Teng et al. 2018; T. hongkongensis Teng et al. 2016; T. inchonensis Yassin et al. 1995; T. ocularis Teng et al. 2018; T. paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988; T. pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004; T. pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996; T. serpentis Tang et al. 2016; T. sinensis Teng et al. 2016; T. soli Weon et al. 2010; T. spumae Nam et al. 2003; T. sputi Teng et al. 2020; T. strandjordii corrig. Kattar et al. 2002; T. tyrosinosolvens Yassin et al. 1997;

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]

^ Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E (1988). "Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 38 (4): 385–391. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-4-385.
^ Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL (1997). "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47 (2): 479–491. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-479.
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