Actinobacteria

Introduction: Actinobacteria

Description of Actinobacteria

Actinobacteria: Class of BACTERIA with diverse morphological properties. Strains of Actinobacteria show greater than 80% 16S rDNA/rRNA sequence similarity among each other and also the presence of certain signature nucleotides. (Stackebrandt E. et al, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:479-491).
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Actinobacteria:

Terms Similar to Actinobacteria:

• Actinomycetes
• Gram-Positive Bacteria, High G+C

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Actinobacteria:

• Actinomycetales
• Bifidobacterium
• Gardnerella
• Actinomycetaceae
• Arthrobacter
• Brevibacterium

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Actinobacteria

• Gram-Positive Bacteria
• Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Actinobacteria

The following list attempts to classify Actinobacteria into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
    • Actinobacteria

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
    • Gram-Positive Rods
      • Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods
        • Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Irregular
          • Actinobacteria

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