The Mycobacteriales are an order of bacteria.[1] The current description is genome-based, per Gupta 2019 emendation. Most members produce mycolic acids.[3]
Mycobacteriales | |
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Corynebacterium ulcerans colonies on a blood agar plate | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
Type genus | |
Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
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The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2]
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Mycolata has been used as a non-taxonomic term for mycolic acid-containing Actinobacteria. Mycobacteriales includes all such species, but it also includes some without mycolic acid, making these two terms imperfect, paraphyletic, aliases.[11]
Mycolic acids are important constituents of the cell envelopes of most members.