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Modestobacter

Modestobacter is a Gram-positive genus of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota.

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Modestobacter
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Geodermatophilales
Family: Geodermatophilaceae
Genus: Modestobacter
Mevs et al. 20001
Type species
Modestobacter multiseptatus
Mevs et al. 2000
Species2

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Modestobacter is a Gram-positive genus of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota.1

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).3

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

M. lapidis Trujillo et al. 2015

M. multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000

M. versicolor Reddy et al. 2007

M. muralis Trujillo et al. 2015

M. italicus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019

M. altitudinis Golińska et al. 2020

M. excelsi Golinska et al. 2021

M. caceresii Busarakam et al. 2017

M. lacusdianchii Zhang et al. 2018

M. marinus Xiao et al. 2011

M. roseus Qin et al. 2013

Modestobacter

M. lapidis

M. roseus

M. muralis

M. caceresii

M. marinus

M. versicolor

M. italicus

M. altitudinis

M. excelsi

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Mevs U, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Gallikowski CA, Hirsch P. (2000). "Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains)". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 50: 337–346. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-1-337. PMID 10826821.
  2. Modestobacter 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. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Modestobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  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.