Corynebacterineae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Class: | Actinobacteria |
| Subclass: | Actinobacteridae |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 |
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The Corynebacterineae comprise a suborder of the Actinomycetales and include most of the acid-fast bacteria. Therewith it is a subgroup of the high GC-content and Gram-positive bacteria. Among its subgroup Mycobacteriaceae are the species which cause tuberculosis and leprosy.
The phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.
Smaragdicoccus [incl. a few Rhodococcus sp.]
Rhodococcus species-group 3
Rhodococcus species-group 2
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
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