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Cryptobacterium

Cryptobacterium is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Up to now there is only one species of this genus known.

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Cryptobacterium
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Coriobacteriia
Order: Eggerthellales
Family: Eggerthellaceae
Genus: Cryptobacterium
Nakazawa et al. 19991
Type species
Cryptobacterium curtum
Nakazawa et al. 1999
Species2

Cryptobacterium is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. Up to now there is only one species of this genus known (Cryptobacterium curtum).134

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References

  1. Cryptobacterium in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Cryptobacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. Hoshino, Etsuro (July 1999). "Cryptobacterium curtum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of Gram-positive anaerobic rod isolated from human oral cavities". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 49 (3): 1193–1200. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1193. PMID 10425779.
  4. Mavrommatis, Konstantinos (September 24, 2009). "Complete genome sequence of Cryptobacterium curtum type strain (12-3^T)". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 1 (2): 93–100. doi:10.4056/sigs.12260. PMC 3035227. PMID 21304644.