Kurthia

Kurthia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Caryophanales
Family:	Caryophanaceae
Genus:	Kurthia Trevisan 1885 [1]
Type species
Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885
Species
See text
Synonyms
"Bacterium" ("Kurthia") Kurth 1883 "Zopfius" Wenner & Rettger 1919

Kurthia is a bacterial genus from the Planococcaceae family. Kurthia is a gram-positive, non-spore forming, rod-like bacteria. ^[1] This strain has been isolated from diarrhea samples, however, no evidence has been brought forward suggesting it is pathogenic in nature. ^[2] It has also been found in various meats, milks, and soils.

Kurthia species produce carbamoylase and hydantoinase. They also can produce L-Proline from glutamic acid or aspartic acid with the aid of a detergent. ^[3]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) ^[4]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [5] [6] [7]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [8] [9] [10]
Kurthia K. sibirica K. gibsonii K. zopfii K. massiliensis K. populi Fang et al. 2015 K. huakuii K. senegalensis	Kurthia K. gibsoniiShaw & Keddie 1983 K. sibiricaBelikova, Cherevach & Kalakoutskii 1988 K. zopfii(Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 K. senegalensis Roux et al. 2016 K. massiliensis Roux et al. 2013 K. huakuii Ruan et al. 2014 "Ca. K. intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021

Unassigned species:

• "K. catenaforma" Kato et al. 1968
• "Ca. K. equi" Gilroy et al. 2022
• "K. ruminicola" Kim et al. 2018

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Kurthia". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
2. Keddie, RM (1981). The Prokaryotes: A Handbook on Habitats, Isolation and Identification of Bacteria (1 ed.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 1888–1893. ISBN   978-3-662-13187-9.
3. Mei, Y (2009). "Screening and distributing features of bacteria with hydantoinase and carbamoylase". Microbiological Research. 3 (164): 322–329. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2006.12.006. PMID   17498938.
4. Sayers; et al. "Kurthia". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
5. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
6. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
8. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.