The Actinomycetaceae (often called actinomycetes or mycelial bacteria) are a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales that contains the medically important genus Actinomyces. These organisms are closely related to the mycobacteria, but were originally classified as fungi because they were thought to be transitional forms between bacteria and fungi.
Genera
The family Actinomycetaceae comprises the following genera:
Actinobaculum Lawson et al. 1997
"Actinomonospora" Castellani et al. 1959
Actinomyces Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980) Actinotignum Yassin et al. 2015 "Ancrocorticia" Xu et al. 2019 Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983 Boudabousia Nouioui et al. 2018
Bowdeniella corrig. Nouioui et al. 2018
Buchananella Nouioui et al. 2018
Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013
Fudania Zhu et al. 2019
Gleimia Nouioui et al. 2018
Mobiluncus Spiegel and Roberts 1984
"Neoactinobaculum" Belkacemi et al. 2019
Pauljensenia Nouioui et al. 2018
Peptidiphaga Beall et al. 2021
Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018
"Scrofimicrobium" Wylensek et al. 2020
Trueperella Yassin et al. 2011
Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003
Winkia Nouioui et al. 2018
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). The phylogeny is based on whole-genome analysis.
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External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122155/http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/111575.htm