Curtobacterium

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Curtobacterium

| authority = Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980){{cite journal | vauthors = Yamada K, ((Komagata K.)) | title = Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria. | journal = Journal of General and Applied Microbiology | year = 1972 | volume = 18 | issue = 6 | pages = 417–431 | doi = 10.2323/jgam.18.417| doi-access = free }}

| type_species = Curtobacterium citreum

| type_species_authority = (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = {{cite web | vauthors = Euzéby JP, Parte AC | url = https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/curtobacterium | title = Curtobacterium | access-date = May 29, 2022 | publisher = List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

| subdivision =

• C. albidum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
• C. ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007
• C. citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
• C. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984

• C. herbarum Behrendt et al. 2002
• C. luteum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
• "C. oceanosedimentum (Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009
• C. plantarum Dunleavy 1989

• C. pusillum (Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

}}

Curtobacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms.{{cite journal |title=First Description of Curtobacterium spp. Isolated from Human Clinical Specimens |author1=Guido Funke |author2=Max Aravena-Roman |author3=Reinhard Frodl |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |date=22 November 2004 |volume=43 |issue=3 |doi=10.1128/JCM.43.3.1032-1036.2005 |pmc=1081300 |pages=1032–1036 |pmid=15750056}}

An analysis of Curtobacterium sequences from around the globe revealed the genus to be a cosmopolitan terrestrial taxon, with isolates derived primarily from plant and soil habitat.{{cite journal|author1=Alexander B Chase|author2=Philip Arevalo|author3=Martin F Polz|author4=Renaud Berlemont|author5=Jennifer B H Martiny|authorlink5=Jennifer Martiny|title=Evidence for Ecological Flexibility in the Cosmopolitan Genus Curtobacterium|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|date=November 22, 2016|volume=7|issue=1874|pages=1874|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2016.01874|pmid=27920771|pmc=5118839|doi-access=free}}