Corynebacterineae

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.

Corynebacterineae
C. ulcerans colonies on a blood agar plate.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Class:	Actinobacteria
Subclass:	Actinobacteridae
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
Families
Tomitella? Hoyosella? Corynebacteriaceae (Coryneform bacteria) Dietziaceae Gordoniaceae Mycobacteriaceae Nocardiaceae Segniliparaceae Tsukamurellaceae
Synonyms
Corynebacteriales Goodfellow & Jones 2015 "Corynebacteriales" Goodfellow & Jones 2012

Phylogeny

The phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.[1]

Segniliparus     Nocardiaceae   Smaragdicoccus [incl. a few Rhodococcus sp.]       Rhodococcus kunmingensis     Nocardia           Rhodococcus species-group 3       Rhodococcus species-group 2       Rhodococcus     Gordoniaceae   Skermania       Millisia       Gordonia polyisoprenivorans         Gordonia soli       Gordonia hankookensis     Williamsia         Gordonia                 Dietzia     Corynebacterium         Tsukamurella       Tomitella biformata   Mycobacteriaceae   Hoyosella     Mycobacterium

Taxonomy

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature [2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)[3]

• Order Corynebacteriales Goodfellow & Jones 2015 ["Corynebacteriales" Goodfellow & Jones 2012; Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009; Mycobacteria]
  • Genus Lawsonella Bell et al. 2016 ["Lawsonella" Nicholson et al. 2015]
  • Genus Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010
  • Family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009 (Coryneform bacteria)
    • Genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 emend. Bernard et al. 2010 [Caseobacter Crombach 1978; Turicella Funke et al. 1994]
  • Family Dietziaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
    • Genus Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2010
  • Family Gordoniaceae Rainey et al. 1997 s.l. ["Williamsiaceae" Garrity & Holt 2001]
    • Genus Gordonia (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
    • Genus Millisia Soddell et al. 2006
    • Genus Skermania Chun et al. 1997
    • Genus Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999
  • Family Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
    • Genus Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009 emend. Li et al. 2016c [Amycolicicoccus Wang et al. 2010]
    • Genus Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896
  • Family Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
    • Genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 [Micropolyspora Lechevalier, Solotorovsky & McDurmont 1961]
    • Genus Parvopolyspora ♠ Liu et al. 1986
    • Genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891
    • Genus Smaragdicoccus Adachi et al. 2007
  • Family Segniliparaceae Butler et al. 2005 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
    • Genus Segniliparus Butler et al. 2005
  • Family Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
    • Genus Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

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

References

1. 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project."16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 (full tree)" (PDF). Silva Comprehensive Ribosomal RNA Database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
2. J.P. Euzéby. "Corynebacteriales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2016-03-20.
3. Sayers; et al. "Corynebacteriales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2016-03-20.