Austwickia

Austwickia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Dermatophilaceae with one known species (Austwickia chelonae).[1][2][3] Austwickia is named after the botanist Peter K.C. Austwick.[1] Austwickia chelonae has been isolated fram a snapping turtle from Perth Western in Australia.[4]

Austwickia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Class:
Actinobacteria
Subclass:
Actinobacteridae
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Micrococcales
Family:
Dermatophilaceae
Genus:
Austwickia

Hamada et al. 2011[1]
Species

A. chelonae[1]

References
  1. Parte, A.C. "Austwickia". www.bacterio.net.
  2. "Austwickia". www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). "Taxonomic Abstract for the species". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.21345.
  4. "Details: DSM-44178". www.dsmz.de.

Further reading
  • Buller, Nicky B. (2014). Bacteria and Fungi from Fish and other Aquatic Animals, 2nd Edition: A Practical Identification Manual. CABI. ISBN 9781845938055.
  • Hamada, M; Iino, T; Iwami, T; Harayama, S; Tamura, T; Suzuki, K (2010). "Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov". The Journal of general and applied microbiology. 56 (6): 427–36. PMID 21282898.



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