Cutibacterium
| Cutibacterium | |
|---|---|
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| Cutibacterium acnes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Propionibacteriales |
| Family: | Propionibacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016 | |
| Species[1] | |
Cutibacterium is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Propionibacteriaceae.[1] Members are generally anaerobic or aerotolerant, non-spore-forming rods.[2] The type species, Cutibacterium acnes, is a common member of the human skin microbiota and can also act as an opportunistic pathogen.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus was established through a genome-based reclassification of the family Propionibacteriaceae. The species formerly classified as Propionibacterium acnes, Propionibacterium avidum, and Propionibacterium granulosum were transferred to Cutibacterium as C. acnes, C. avidum, and C. granulosum, respectively.[2]
The generic name combines the Latin word cutis, meaning skin, with the Neo-Latin word bacterium, meaning a rod, and therefore means "skin bacterium".[1] LPSN recognizes eight species with validly published and correct names in the genus.[1]
Phylogeny
[edit]Nomenclature follows the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN), with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database used as an additional reference.[1][4]
The trees below compare a 16S rRNA gene phylogeny from LTP_all_07_2026 with the genome-based GTDB R11-RS232 reference tree. Only species with validly published and correct names in LPSN are shown. The neighboring taxa in the LTP tree are retained because they separate LPSN-recognized Cutibacterium species in that phylogeny.
| 16S rRNA gene based LTP_all_07_2026[5][6] | 120 marker proteins based GTDB R11-RS232[7][8] | |||
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C. nasicola is not represented in either source release and is therefore not included in the trees.[1][6][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cutibacterium in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
- 1 2 Scholz, Christian F. P.; Kilian, Mogens (2016). "The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (11): 4422–4432. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001367. PMID 27488827.
- ↑ Achermann, Yvonne; Goldstein, Ellie J. C.; Coenye, Tom; Shirtliff, Mark E. (2014). "Propionibacterium acnes: from commensal to opportunistic biofilm-associated implant pathogen". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 27 (3): 419–440. doi:10.1128/CMR.00092-13. PMC 4135900. PMID 24982315.
- ↑ Schoch CL; et al. "Cutibacterium". National Center for Biotechnology Information taxonomy database. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "The LTPlus". Marine Microbiology Group. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- 1 2 "LTP_all_07_2026 tree in Newick format". Marine Microbiology Group. July 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- ↑ "GTDB release R11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
- 1 2 "bac120_r232.sp_labels.tree". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
Further reading
[edit]- Aubin, Guillaume Ghislain; Baud'huin, Marc; Lavigne, Jean-Philippe; Brion, Régis; Gouin, François; Lepelletier, Didier; Jacqueline, Cédric; Heymann, Dominique; Asehnoune, Karim; Corvec, Stéphane (20 February 2017). "Interaction of Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium) acnes with bone cells: A step toward understanding bone and joint infection development". Scientific Reports. 7 42918. doi:10.1038/srep42918. PMC 5317161. PMID 28218305.