Curtobacterium

Curtobacterium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Curtobacterium; Yamada and Komagata 1972
Type species
	Curtobacterium citreum;
Species
	C. albidum ; C. citreum ; C. flaccumfaciens ; C. herbarum ; C. luteum ; C. plantarum ; C. pusillum ; C. albidum

Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms.[1]

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.[2]

Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300. PMID 15750056.
Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874. PMC 5118839. PMID 27920771.

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[1] Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300. PMID 15750056.

[2] Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874. PMC 5118839. PMID 27920771.