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Cutibacterium

Cutibacterium is a bacterial genus from the family Propionibacteriaceae.

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Cutibacterium
Cutibacterium acnes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Propionibacteriales
Family: Propionibacteriaceae
Genus: Cutibacterium
Scholz and Kilian 20161
Type species
Cutibacterium acnes
(Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016
Species2

Cutibacterium is a bacterial genus from the family Propionibacteriaceae.13

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).2

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024456 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS226789
Cutibacterium

C. equinum

C. porci

C. namnetense

C. modestum

C. acnes

Acidipropionibacterium

Cutibacterium

"Acidipropionibacterium timonense" Togo et al. 2019

C. granulosum (Prévot 1938) Scholz and Kilian 2016

C. avidum (Eggerth 1935) Scholz and Kilian 2016

C. equinum Yun et al. 2023

C. modestum Dekio et al. 2020

C. porci Wylensek et al. 2021

C. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016

C. namnetense (Aubin et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Cutibacterium 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. "Cutibacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (2016). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M. (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Cutibacterium Kilian and Scholz 2016". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.29156.
  4. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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