| Tsukamurella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997 [1] |
| Genus: | Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988 [2] |
| Type species | |
| Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988 | |
| Species [3] | |
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Tsukamurella is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped and obligate aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Tsukamurellaceae. [3] [4] [5] Most of the strains of Tsukamurella degrade starch. [6] Some Tsukamurella species can cause infections in humans. [7] [8]