| Schaalia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Family: | Actinomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Schaalia Nouioui et al. 2018 [1] |
| Species [2] | |
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Schaalia is a genus of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota. [1]
The Actinomycetota are a phylum of mostly Gram-positive bacteria. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great economic importance to humans because agriculture and forests depend on their contributions to soil systems. In soil they help to decompose the organic matter of dead organisms so the molecules can be taken up anew by plants. While this role is also played by fungi, Actinomycetota are much smaller and likely do not occupy the same ecological niche. In this role the colonies often grow extensive mycelia, like a fungus would, and the name of an important order of the phylum, Actinomycetales, reflects that they were long believed to be fungi. Some soil actinomycetota live symbiotically with the plants whose roots pervade the soil, fixing nitrogen for the plants in exchange for access to some of the plant's saccharides. Other species, such as many members of the genus Mycobacterium, are important pathogens.
The family Micrococcaceae includes bacterial genera of Gram positive cocci that inhabit the air and skin, such as Micrococcus luteus.
The Actinomycetia are a class of bacteria.
The Bifidobacteriaceae are the only family of bacteria in the order Bifidobacteriales. According to the 16S rRNA-based LTP release 106 published by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project, the order Bifidobacteriales is a clade nested within the suborder Micrococcineae, also the genus Bifidobacterium is paraphyletic to the other genera within the family, i.e. the other genera are nested within Bifidobacterium.
The Coriobacteriales are an order of Actinomycetota.
The Streptomycetaceae are a family of Actinomycetota, making up the monotypic order Streptomycetales. It includes the important genus Streptomyces. This was the original source of many antibiotics, namely streptomycin, the first antibiotic against tuberculosis.
The Actinomycetaceae are a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales that contains the medically important genus Actinomyces. These organisms are closely related to the mycobacteria, but were originally classified as fungi because they were thought to be transitional forms between bacteria and fungi.
The Pseudonocardiaceae are a family of bacteria in the order Actinomycetales and the only member of the suborder Pseudonocardineae.
The Jiangellaceae are the only family of the order Jiangellales, which is a part of the phylum Actinomycetota.
The Glycomycetaceae are a family of bacteria.
Promicromonosporaceae is an Actinomycete family.
Dermabacteraceae is an Actinomycetota family.
The Mycobacteriales are an order of bacteria.
The Streptosporangiales are an order of bacteria.
The Propionibacteriales are an order of bacteria.
The Micrococcales are an order of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.
The Sporichthyaceae are the only family of the order Sporichthyales, which is a part of the phylum Actinomycetota.
Saprospirales is an order of bacteria in the phylum Bacteroidota.
The Kiritimatiellota are a phylum of bacteria.
The Holophagae is a class of Acidobacteriota.
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