Dietzia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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] | |
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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]