Mycobacteriales
Order of bacteria
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The Mycobacteriales are an order of bacteria.[1] The current description is genome-based, per Gupta 2019 emendation. Most members produce mycolic acids.[3]
Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)[1]
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| Corynebacterium ulcerans colonies on a blood agar plate | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) | |
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Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).[4]
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Terminology
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.[12]
