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Geodermatophilales

The Geodermatophilales are an order of bacteria. Members of the order are Gram-positive, aerobic, and can be motile. They mainly inhabit arid and degraded habitats but also marine and plant-associated environments. Members have pigmented colonies.

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Geodermatophilales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Geodermatophilales
Sen et al. 20141
Type genus
Geodermatophilus
Luedemann 1968
Families2
Synonyms
  • Antricoccales Salam et al. 2020

The Geodermatophilales are an order of bacteria.12 Members of the order are Gram-positive, aerobic, and can be motile. They mainly inhabit arid and degraded habitats but also marine and plant-associated environments. Members have pigmented colonies.3

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)2 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).4

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024567 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS2268910
Mycobacteriales

Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006

Jatrophihabitantaceae Nouioui et al. 2018

Antricoccaceae Nouioui et al. 2018

other

See also

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References

References

  1. Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P (2014). "Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders "Frankiales" and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: Proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64 (Pt 11): 3821–3832. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.063966-0. PMID 25168610.
  2. Geodermatophilales 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.
  3. del Carmen Montero-Calasanz, Maria (2020). "Geodermatophilales". In Whitman, William B. (ed.). Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (Online ed.). Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1002/9781118960608. ISBN 9781118960608. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  4. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Geodermatophilales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.