Curtobacterium

Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms.[1]

Curtobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Class: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Microbacteriaceae
Genus: Curtobacterium
Yamada and Komagata 1972
Type species
Curtobacterium citreum
Species

C. albidum
C. citreum
C. flaccumfaciens
C. herbarum
C. luteum
C. plantarum
C. pusillum
C. albidum

An analysis of Curtobacterium sequences from around the globe revealed the genus to be a cosmopolitan terrestrial taxon, with isolates derived primarily from plant and soil habitat.[2]

References

  1. Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300. PMID 15750056.
  2. Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874. PMC 5118839. PMID 27920771.


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