Tsukamurella

Scientific classification

DomainBacteria

KingdomBacillati

PhylumActinomycetota

ClassActinomycetes

OrderMycobacteriales

FamilyTsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997

GenusTsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Type species

Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988

Species

T. asaccharolytica Teng et al. 2020 T. conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020 T. hominis Teng et al. 2018 T. hongkongensis Teng et al. 2016 T. inchonensis Yassin et al. 1995 T. ocularis Teng et al. 2018 T. paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988 T. pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004 T. pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996 T. serpentis Tang et al. 2016 T. sinensis Teng et al. 2016 T. soli Weon et al. 2010 T. spumae Nam et al. 2003 T. sputi Teng et al. 2020 T. strandjordii corrig. Kattar et al. 2002 T. tyrosinosolvens Yassin et al. 1997

Tsukamurella is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and obligate aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Tsukamurellaceae. Most of the strains of Tsukamurella degrade starch. Some Tsukamurella species can cause infections in humans.

Tsukamurella

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