Dermatophilaceae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Kingdom: | Bacillati |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetes |
Order: | Micrococcales |
Family: | Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 [1] |
Type genus | |
Dermatophilus (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
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The Dermatophilaceae is a Gram-positive family of bacteria placed within the order of Actinomycetales. [3] [1] [2] [4] [5] Dermatophilaceae bacteria occur on animal and human skin and in fish guts. [5]
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature [2] and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences. [6] [a]
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