Micrococcales

The Micrococcales are an order of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.^[1][2]

Micrococcales
Microbacterium gubbeenense on agar plate
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Micrococcales Prévot 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
Type genus
Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Families[2][3]
Beutenbergiaceae Bogoriellaceae Brevibacteriaceae Cellulomonadaceae Demequinaceae Dermabacteraceae Dermacoccaceae Dermatophilaceae Intrasporangiaceae Jonesiaceae Kytococcaceae Microbacteriaceae Micrococcaceae Ornithinimicrobiaceae Promicromonosporaceae Rarobacteraceae Ruaniaceae "Tropherymataceae"
Synonyms
Aquipuribacterales Salam et al. 2020 Beutenbergiales Salam et al. 2020 Bogoriellales Salam et al. 2020 Brevibacteriales Salam et al. 2020 Cellulomonadales Salam et al. 2020 Demequinales Salam et al. 2020 Dermabacterales Salam et al. 2020 Dermatophilales Salam et al. 2020 Microbacteriales Salam et al. 2020 Micrococcineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 Ruaniales Salam et al. 2020

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)^[4]

Whole-genome based phylogeny[5]	16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023[6][7][8]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214[9][10][11]
Microbacteriales "Tropherymataceae" Microbacteriaceae Kineosporiales "Quadrisphaeraceae" [incl. "Kineococcaceae"] Kineosporiaceae Kytococcaceae Ornithinimicrobiaceae Dermatophilaceae Dermacoccaceae Intrasporangiaceae Bifidobacteriales Bifidobacteriaceae Actinomycetales Actinomycetaceae Cellulomonadales Demequinaceae Beutenbergiaceae Bogoriellaceae Ruaniaceae Cellulomonadaceae Jonesiaceae Promicromonosporaceae Micrococcales Dermabacteraceae Brevibacteriaceae Micrococcaceae	Kineosporiales Kineosporiaceae [incl. "Kineococcaceae"; "Quadrisphaeraceae"] Aquipuribacterales Aquipuribacteraceae Georgenia Promicromonosporaceae Actinomycetales Beutenbergiaceae Bogoriellaceae Ruaniaceae Actinomycetaceae [incl. Arcanobacteriaceae] Micrococcales "Angustibacteraceae" Actinotaleaceae Jonesiaceae [incl. Rarobacteraceae; Sanguibacteraceae] Oerskoviaceae Cellulomonadaceae Dermatophilaceae [incl. Arsenicicoccaceae] Dermacoccaceae Kytococcaceae Ornithinimicrobiaceae Intrasporangiaceae Demequinaceae Dermabacteraceae Micrococcaceae [incl. Yaniellaceae] Brevibacteriaceae Bifidobacteriaceae Microbacteriaceae [incl. Tropherymataceae]	Actinomycetales Kineosporiineae Kineosporiaceae "Kineococcaceae" "Quadrisphaeraceae" "Angustibacteraceae" Dermatophilaceae [incl. Aquipuribacteraceae; Arsenicicoccaceae; Dermacoccaceae; Kytococcaceae; Ornithinimicrobiaceae; Intrasporangiaceae] Actinomycetineae Demequinaceae Cellulomonadaceae [incl. Actinotaleaceae; Jonesiaceae; Oerskoviaceae; Promicromonosporaceae; Rarobacteraceae; Sanguibacteraceae] Beutenbergiaceae [incl. Ruaniaceae] Actinomycetaceae [incl. Arcanobacteriaceae; Bogoriellaceae] Micrococcineae Dermabacteraceae Brevibacteriaceae Micrococcaceae [incl. Yaniellaceae] Bifidobacteriaceae Microbacteriaceae [incl. Tropherymataceae]

Notes

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. Prévot AR. (1940). Manuel de classification et de determination des bacteries anaerobies (1st ed.). Paris, France: Masson.
2. A.C. Parte; et al. "Micrococcales". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2023-09-09.
3. Skerman VB, McGowan V, Sneath PH (1980). "Approved lists of bacterial names". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
4. Sayers; et al. "Micrococcales". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
5. Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Markus Göker M (2018). "Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria". Front. Microbiol. 9: 2007. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007. PMC 6113628. PMID 30186281.
6. "The LTP". Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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9. "GTDB release 08-RS214". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
10. "bac120_r214.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2023.