Contribution in an anthology

Appeared in: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology

Editor list: Timmis, KN

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 1819-1838

ISBN: 978-3-540-77584-3

eISBN: 978-3-540-77587-4

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_133

Abstract: 
The Actinobacteria comprise a morphologically and physiologically very diverse class of microorganisms. Many representatives of the three subclasses, 47 families, and approximately 220 genera are able to degrade hydrocarbons. For many members of the families Brevibacteriaceae, Cellulomonadaceae, Corynebacteriaceae, Dietziaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Micrococcaceae, Mycobacteriaceae, Nocardiaceae, Nocardioidaceae, Streptomycetaceae, and Thermoleophilaceae, detailed information about a wide variety of different degradation activies is reported. Although the identification of unknown actinobacteria at the genus level is now largely based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses, a thorough chemotaxonomic characterization still plays a major role in the classification and identification at the family and genus level. In addition, there are some genera belonging to the families Acidimicrobiaceae, Cryptosporangiaceae, Dermacoccaceae, Intrasporangiaceae, Nocardiopsaceae, Promicromonosporaceae, Propionibacteriaceae Pseudonocardiaceae, Rubrobacteraceae, Segniliparaceae, Thermomonosporaceae, and Tsukamurellaceae that deserve a more thorough and detailed investigation on their biodegradation potential. But also members of the families Acidothermaceae, Actinomycetaceae, Actinosynnemataceae, Beutenbergiaceae, Bogoriellaceae, Bifidobacteriaceae, Coriobacteriacea, Conexibacteraceae, Cryptosporangiaceae, Dermabacteraceae, Dermatophilaceae, Frankiaceae, Geodermatophilaceae, Glycomycetaceae, Jonesiaceae, Kineosporiaceae, Nakamurellaceae, Patulibacteraceae, Rarobacteraceae, Sanguibacteraceae Solirubrobacteraceae, Sporichthyaceae Streptosporangiaceae, and Yaniellaceae, for which until now no reports on hydrocarbon degradative activities are available, may contain genera with interesting activities.

Harvard Citation style: Kämpfer, P. (2010) Actinobacteria, in Timmis, K. (ed.) Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 1819-1838. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_133

APA Citation style: Kämpfer, P. (2010). Actinobacteria. In Timmis, K. (Ed.), Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology (pp. 1819-1838). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_133