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BioProject 1 580 -
BioSample 1 11,607 -
Conserved Domains 172 176 -
GEO DataSets - 83 -
Gene - 83,297 -
Identical Protein Groups - 2,309,384 -
Nucleotide 25 233,465 9,687
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PMC 3,443 18,524 -
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SRA - 1,115 -
Structure - 48 -
Taxonomy 2,343 2,343 -

Actinomycetales

Taxonomy ID: 2037 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:2037)
current name
Actinomycetales  Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Zhi et al. 2009
homotypic synonym:
Actinomycetales  Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend Stackebrandt et al. 1997
includes:
Actinomycineae  Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009
NCBI BLAST name: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria
Rank: order
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes

Comments and References:

Buchanan RE (1917)
Buchanan, R.E. "Studies in the nomenclature and classification of bacteria. II. The primary subdivisions of the Schizomycetes." J. Bacteriol. (1917) 2(2):155-164. [No abstract available.]
Felske A et al. (1999)
Felske, A., Vancanneyt, M., Kersters, K., and Akkermans, A.D. "Application of temperature-gradient gel electrophoresis in taxonomy of coryneform bacteria." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999) 49:113-121.
Oren A (2017c)
Oren, A. "Proposal to designate the order Actinomycetales Buchanan 1917, 162 (Approved Lists 1980) as the nomenclatural type of the class Actinobacteria. Request for an Opinion." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2017) 67:3687-3688.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]
Stackebrandt E et al. (1997b)
Stackebrandt, E., Rainey, F.A., and Ward-Rainey, N.L. "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:479-491. [No PubMed record available.]
Zhi XY et al. (2009)
Zhi, X.-Y., Li, W.-J., and Stackebrandt, E. "An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2009) 59(3):589-608.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

LinkOut Subject LinkOut Provider
Actinomycetales taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
2623620429: Actinomycetales sp. genome_bin_44 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2651870013: unclassified Actinobacteria Bin 19 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
2808606353: unclassified Actinomycetales BinDmb154 organism-specific Integrated Microbial Genomes
Actinomycetales taxonomy/phylogenetic Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Actinomycetales taxonomy/phylogenetic Lifemap
Actinomycetales taxonomy/phylogenetic Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Actinomycetales | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Actinomycetales taxonomy/phylogenetic World Register of Marine Species
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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