Curtobacterium

Curtobacterium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Micrococcales
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Curtobacterium ; Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type species
	Curtobacterium citreum ; (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Species
	C. albidum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980); C. ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007; C. citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980); C. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984; C. herbarum Behrendt et al. 2002; C. luteum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980); " C. oceanosedimentum (Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009; C. plantarum Dunleavy 1989; C. pusillum (Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980);

Last updated August 30, 2025

Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.^[1] They are Gram-positive soil organisms.^[3]

An analysis of Curtobacterium sequences from around the globe revealed the genus to be a cosmopolitan terrestrial taxon, with isolates derived primarily from plant and soil habitat.^[4]

References

1 2 Yamada K, Komagata K. (1972). "Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 18 (6): 417–431. doi: 10.2323/jgam.18.417 .
↑ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Curtobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 29, 2022.
↑ Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300 . PMID 15750056.
↑ Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874 . PMC 5118839 . PMID 27920771.

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[Y&K-1] 1 2 Yamada K, Komagata K. (1972). "Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria". Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 18 (6): 417–431. doi: 10.2323/jgam.18.417 .

[LPSN-2] Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Curtobacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 29, 2022.

[3] Guido Funke; Max Aravena-Roman; Reinhard Frodl (22 November 2004). "First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (3): 1032–1036. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005. PMC 1081300 . PMID 15750056.

[4] Alexander B Chase; Philip Arevalo; Martin F Polz; Renaud Berlemont; Jennifer B H Martiny (November 22, 2016). "Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium". Frontiers in Microbiology. 7 (1874): 1874. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874 . PMC 5118839 . PMID 27920771.

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