Dietzia

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Dietzia
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Dietziaceae
Rainey et al. 1997 [1]
Genus: Dietzia
Rainey et al. 1995 [2]
Type species
Dietzia maris
(Nesterenko et al. 1982) Rainey et al. 1995
Species [3]

Dietzia is a Gram-positive bacterial genus from the family Dietziaceae which occur in many different habitats including humans and animals. [3] [4] [5] The species Dietzia maris is a human pathogen. [6] [7] The genus Dietzia is named after the American microbiologist Alma Dietz. [3]

References

  1. Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL (1997). "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 479–491.
  2. Rainey FA, Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E (1995). "Dietzia, a new genus including Dietzia maris comb. nov., formerly Rhodococcus maris". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 45: 32–36.
  3. 1 2 3 Parte, A.C. "Dietzia". LPSN .
  4. George M., Garrity (2012). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Science + Business Media. ISBN   0-387-68233-3.
  5. Birgid, Neumeister; Heinrich K., Geiss; Rüdiger, Braun; Peter, Kimmig (2009). Mikrobiologische Diagnostik: Bakteriologie - Mykologie - Virologie - Parasitologie. Georg Thieme Verlag. ISBN   3-13-157942-0.
  6. Koerner, Roland J.; Goodfellow, Michael; Jones, Amanda L. (April 2009). "The genus Dietzia: a new home for some known and emerging opportunist pathogens". FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology. 55 (3): 296–305. doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00513.x.
  7. Bemer-Melchior, P.; Haloun, A.; Riegel, P.; Drugeon, H. B. (1 November 1999). "Bacteremia Due to Dietzia maris in an Immunocompromised Patient". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 29 (5): 1338–1340. doi: 10.1086/313490 . PMID   10524995.

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