Corynebacterineae

Corynebacterineae
C. ulcerans colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria Stackebrant et al. 1997
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Order:	Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Families & Genera
Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009 Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010 Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 (Coryneform bacteria) Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 emend. Bernard et al. 2010 Turicella Funke et al. 1994 Dietziaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2010 Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Amycolicicoccus Wang et al. 2010 Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Gordonia (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 Millisia Soddell et al. 2006 Nocardia Trevisan 1889 Parvopolyspora ♠ Liu et al. 1986 Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 Skermania Chun et al. 1997 Smaragdicoccus Adachi et al. 2007 Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999 Segniliparaceae Butler et al. 2005 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Segniliparus Butler et al. 2005 Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009 Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

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.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 by The All-Species Living Tree Project

?Parvopolyspora pallida ♠ Liu et al. 1986 Segniliparus Butler et al. 2005 Rhodococcus species-group 3 Rhodococcus species-group 2 Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 Nocardia [incl. Rhodococcus kunmingensis, Rhodococcus equi, Smaragdicoccus niigatensis and Streptomyces gardneri] Tomitella biformata Katayama et al. 2010 Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988 Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2010 Corynebacterium [incl. Brevibacterium flavum and Turicella otitidis] Skermania piniformis (Blackall et al. 1989) Chun et al. 1997 Millisia brevis Soddell et al. 2006 Gordonia soli Shen et al. 2006 Gordonia hankookensis Park et al. 2009 Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999 Gordonia (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989 Mycobacterium [incl. Amycolicicoccus subflavus & Hoyosella altamirensis]

Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature