Actinobacteria
High-GC gram-positives
Actinobacteria is the formal scientific name for a phylum of gram-positive bacteria characterized by high guanine and cytosine content in their DNA.
The classification includes medically important genera like Streptomyces, Mycobacterium, and Corynebacterium.
In taxonomic contexts, the capitalized form signals the official phylum designation: Actinobacteria represent one of the largest bacterial phyla. (Lowercase actinobacteria refers to the organisms generally.)
pathogenic
Capacity to cause disease
taxonomy
Major classification rank
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- phylogeneticOf evolutionary relationships
- monophyleticFrom one ancestral lineage
- cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
mycobacterium
Genus of tuberculosis bacteria
cell-wall
Rigid plant cell boundary
virulence
Capacity to cause disease
phylum
Major classification rank
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- phylogeneticOf evolutionary relationships
- monophyleticFrom one ancestral lineage
- bacteriaE. coli, Clostridium, Salmonella, salmonella, Pseudomonas
- Photosynthetic Bacteriacyanobacteria, blue-green algae