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Trueperella

Trueperella is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota. The genus was named in honor of German microbiologist Hans Georg Trüper.

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Trueperella
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Actinomycetales
Family: Actinomycetaceae
Genus: Trueperella
Yassin et al. 20111
Type species
Trueperella pyogenes
(Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011
Species2
  • T. abortisuis (Azuma et al. 2009) Yassin et al. 2011
  • T. bernardiae (Funke et al. 1995) Yassin et al. 2011
  • T. bialowiezensis corrig. (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011
  • T. bonasi (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011
  • T. pecoris Schönecker et al. 2021
  • T. pyogenes (Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011

Trueperella is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.1 The genus was named in honor of German microbiologist Hans Georg Trüper.2

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References

  1. Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P. (2011). "Comparative chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies on the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1982 emend. Lehnen et al. 2006: Proposal for Trueperella gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 61: 1265–1274. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020032-0. PMID 20622055.
  2. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Trueperella". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 11, 2022.