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Tsukamurella

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Tsukamurella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Tsukamurellaceae
Rainey et al. 1997[2]
Genus: Tsukamurella
Collins et al. 1988[1]
Type species
Tsukamurella paurometabola
corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988
Species[3]
A Tsukamurella pseudospumae disk

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Parte, A.C. "Tsukamurella". LPSN.
  4. ^ "Tsukamurella". www.uniprot.org.
  5. ^ Goodfellow, Michael; Kumar, Yashawant (1 January 2015). "Tsukamurella". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 1–16. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00038. ISBN 9781118960608.
  6. ^ George M., Garrity (2012). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-68233-4.
  7. ^ Organization, World Health (2004). Guidelines for drinking-water quality (3rd ed.). Geneva: World Health Organization. ISBN 92-4-154638-7.
  8. ^ Connie R., Mahon; Donald C., Lehman; George, Manuselis Jr. (2014). Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0-323-29261-0.

Further reading

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  • Inchingolo, Riccardo; Nardi, Ilaria; Chiappini, Fabrizio; Macis, Giuseppe; Ardito, Fausta; Sali, Michela; Bani, Stefania; Delogu, Giovanni; Valente, Salvatore (2010). "First case of Tsukamurella pulmonis infection in an immunocompetent patient". Respiratory Medicine CME. 3 (1): 23–25. doi:10.1016/j.rmedc.2009.02.004.
  • Sen, Ramkrishna, ed. (2010). Biosurfactants (Online-Ausg. ed.). New York, N.Y.: Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4419-5979-9.