Propionibacteriaceae

Propionibacteriaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Propionibacteriales
Family:	Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Type genus
Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Genera
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The Propionibacteriaceae are a family of Gram-positive bacteria found in dairy products or in the intestinal tracts of animals and living in the pores of humans.

Phylogeny

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

16S rRNA based LTP_08_2023

120 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214

Friedmanniella Microlunatus panaciterrae Microlunatus endophyticus Microlunatus ~2 Microlunatus Microlunatus ~1 Enemella Naumannella [incl. Parenemella] Propioniciclava [incl. Brevilactibacter] Micropruina Propionicicella Propionicimonas Desertihabitans Granulicoccus Mariniluteicoccus Zhang et al. 2014 Propioniferax Raineyella Auraticoccus Aestuariimicrobium Luteococcus Tessaracoccus [incl. Brooklawnia] Tessaracoccus antarcticus Arachnia rubra Propionimicrobium Vaginimicrobium Propionibacterium Arachnia Cutibacterium avidum Cutibacterium Cutibacterium granulosum Acidipropionibacterium

"Ca. Avipropionibacterium" Gilroy et al. 2021 Microlunatus species-group 3 Microlunatus species-group 2 Microlunatus panaciterrae Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995 Friedmanniella Schumann et al. 1997 Naumannella Rieser et al. 2012 Desertihabitans Sun et al. 2019 Auraticoccus Alonso-Vega et al. 2011 Raineyella Pikuta et al. 2016 Propioniferax Yokota et al. 1994 Granulicoccus Maszenan et al. 2007 Enemella Bernard et al. 2020 Parenemella Bernard et al. 2020 Propionicicella Bae et al. 2006 Micropruina Shintani et al. 2000 Propionicimonas Akasaka et al. 2003 "Nigerium" Traore et al. 2016 Propioniciclava Sugawara et al. 2011 Brevilactibacter Wenning et al. 2020 Arachnia Pine and Georg 1969 [incl. Pseudopropionibacterium Scholz & Kilian 2016; Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999] Aestuariimicrobium Jung et al. 2007 Luteococcus Tamura et al. 1994 Propionimicrobium Stackebrandt et al. 2002 Vaginimicrobium Diop et al. 2020 Brooklawnia Rainey et al. 2006 Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 Acidipropionibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016 Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016

Genera incertae sedis:

• "Nigeribacterium" Khare et al. 2021

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

Further reading

• Goldschmidt P, Costa Ferreira C, Degorge S, et al. (November 2008). "Rapid detection and quantification of Propionibacteriaceae". Br J Ophthalmol. 93 (2): 258–62. doi:10.1136/bjo.2008.146639. PMID 18977791. S2CID 716435.