{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Curtobacterium | authority = Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)<ref name="Y&K">{{cite journal | vauthors = Yamada K, ((Komagata K.)) | title = Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria. | journal = Journal of General and Applied Microbiology | year = 1972 | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 417–431 | doi = 10.2323/jgam.18.417| doi-access = free }}</ref> | type_species = ''Curtobacterium citreum'' | type_species_authority = (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision_ref = <ref name="LPSN">{{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/curtobacterium | title = ''Curtobacterium'' | access-date = May 29, 2022 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''C. albidum'' <small>(Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)</small> * ''C. ammoniigenes'' <small>Aizawa et al. 2007</small> * ''C. citreum'' <small>(Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)</small> * ''C. flaccumfaciens'' <small>(Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984</small> <!-- Curtobacterium ginsengisoli was reclassified as Gryllotalpicola ginsengisoli. --> * ''C. herbarum'' <small>Behrendt et al. 2002</small> * ''C. luteum'' <small>(Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)</small> * "''C. oceanosedimentum'' <small>(Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009</small> * ''C. plantarum'' <small>Dunleavy 1989</small> <!-- Curtobacterium psychrophilum was reclassified as Cryobacterium psychrophilum. --> * ''C. pusillum'' <small>(Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)</small> <!-- Curtobacterium saperdae was reclassified as Microbacterium saperdae. --> <!-- Curtobacterium testaceum was reclassified as Microbacterium testaceum. --> }}
'''''Curtobacterium''''' is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.<ref name="Y&K"/> They are Gram-positive soil organisms.<ref>{{cite journal |title=First Description of ''Curtobacterium'' spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens |author1=Guido Funke |author2=Max Aravena-Roman |author3=Reinhard Frodl |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |date=22 November 2004 |volume=43 |issue=3 |doi=10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005 |pmc=1081300 |pages=1032–1036 |pmid=15750056}}</ref>
An analysis of ''Curtobacterium'' sequences from around the globe revealed the genus to be a cosmopolitan terrestrial taxon, with isolates derived primarily from plant and soil habitat.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Alexander B Chase|author2=Philip Arevalo|author3=Martin F Polz|author4=Renaud Berlemont|author5=Jennifer B H Martiny|authorlink5=Jennifer Martiny|title=Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus ''Curtobacterium''|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|date=November 22, 2016|volume=7|issue=1874|pages=1874|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874|pmid=27920771|pmc=5118839|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Category:Microbacteriaceae Category:Bacteria genera
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