Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7642

Name

Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006 emend. Zhi et al. 2009

Members

species	Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019
species	Modestobacter altitudinis Golińska et al. 2020
species	Modestobacter caceresii Busarakam et al. 2017
species	Modestobacter excelsi Golinska et al. 2021
species	Modestobacter italicus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019
species	Modestobacter lacusdianchii Zhang et al. 2018
species	Modestobacter lapidis Trujillo et al. 2015
species	Modestobacter marinus Xiao et al. 2011 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019
species	Modestobacter muralis Trujillo et al. 2015
species	Modestobacter roseus Qin et al. 2013 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019
species	Modestobacter versicolor Reddy et al. 2007 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Actinobacteria (sic) Goodfellow 2021 non Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997
class Actinomycetes Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980)
order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014
family Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
genus Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000 emend. Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7642.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7642.xml


This information was last reviewed on January 15, 2021.

References

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