Terrabacter

Terrabacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Intrasporangiaceae
Genus: Terrabacter
Collins et al. 1989[1]
Type species
Terrabacter tumescens
(Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989
Species[2]

Terrabacter is a genus of Gram positive, strictly aerobic, non-sporeforming bacteria. The genus name is derived from Latin terra (earth), referring to the type species' original isolation from soil.[3] The genus was first proposed in 1989; however, the type species Terrabacter tumescens was originally described in 1934, and had previously been classified in the genera Corynebacterium, Arthrobacter, and Pimelobacter.[4][5][6][1] Terrabacter species have been isolated from soil, air and stone.[7]

  1. ^ a b Collins, M. D.; Dorsch, M.; Stackebrandt, E. (1 January 1989). "Transfer of Pimelobacter tumescens to Terrabacter gen. nov. as Terrabacter tumescens comb. nov. and of Pimelobacter jensenii to Nocardioides as Nocardioides jensenii comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 39 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1099/00207713-39-1-1.
  2. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Terrabacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Stackebrandt, Erko (2015). "Terrabacter". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00087. ISBN 9781118960608.
  4. ^ Jensen, H. L. (1934). "Studies on Saprophytic Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 59: 45–47.
  5. ^ Conn, HJ; Dimmick, I (September 1947). "Soil Bacteria Similar in Morphology to Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium". Journal of Bacteriology. 54 (3): 291–303. doi:10.1128/jb.54.3.291-303.1947. PMC 526554. PMID 16561362.
  6. ^ Suzuki, K. I.; Komagata, K. (1983). "Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall". The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 29 (1): 59–71. doi:10.2323/jgam.29.59.
  7. ^ Won, K.; Kook, M.; Yi, T.-H. (8 July 2014). "Terrabacter koreensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a flowerbed". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 64 (Pt 10): 3335–3340. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.063313-0. PMID 25006219.