Geodermatophilus africanus

Geodermatophilus africanus is a Gram-positive, aerobic and halotolerant bacterium from the genus Geodermatophilus which has been isolated from desert sand near Ourba in the Sahara.^[1][2][3][4]

Geodermatophilus africanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Geodermatophilales
Family:	Geodermatophilaceae
Genus:	Geodermatophilus
Species:	G. africanus
Binomial name
Geodermatophilus africanus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2013[1]
Type strain
CCUG 62969 DSM 45422 MTCC 11556 CF11/1[2]