Actinomycetales

Actinomycetales
Scanning electron micrograph of Actinomyces israelii.
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order:
Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)[1][2]
Type genus
Actinomyces
Harz 1877 (Approved Lists 1980)
Families[3]

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Synonyms
  • "Actinobacteriales" Prévot 1946
  • Actinomycetineae Stackebrandt, Rainey & Ward-Rainey 1997

The Actinomycetales is an order of Actinomycetota. A member of the order is often called an actinomycete. Actinomycetales are generally gram-positive and anaerobic and have mycelia in a filamentous and branching growth pattern. Some actinomycetes can form rod- or coccoid-shaped forms, while others can form spores on aerial hyphae. Actinomycetales bacteria can be infected by bacteriophages, which are called actinophages. Actinomycetales can range from harmless bacteria to pathogens with resistance to antibiotics.

  1. ^ Buchanan RE (1917). "Studies in the Nomenclature and Classification of the Bacteria: II. The Primary Subdivisions of the Schizomycetes". J Bacteriol. 2: 155–164. doi:10.1128/jb.2.2.155-164.1917. PMC 378699. PMID 16558735.
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