Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.[1] They are Gram-positive soil organisms.[3]
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| Curtobacterium |
| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Bacteria |
| Kingdom: |
Bacillati |
| Phylum: |
Actinomycetota |
| Class: |
Actinomycetes |
| Order: |
Micrococcales |
| Family: |
Microbacteriaceae |
| Genus: |
Curtobacterium
Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
| Type species |
Curtobacterium citreum
(Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) |
| Species[2] |
- C. albidum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
- C. ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007
- C. citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
- C. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984
- C. herbarum Behrendt et al. 2002
- C. luteum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
- "C. oceanosedimentum (Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009
- C. plantarum Dunleavy 1989
- C. pusillum (Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
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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.[4]