Curtobacterium

Curtobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Curtobacterium; Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
	Curtobacterium citreum; (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	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);

Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms.

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.

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