Williamsia
E928051
Williamsia is a genus of Gram-positive, high-GC-content actinobacteria within the order Corynebacteriales, known for its environmental and occasionally opportunistic clinical isolates.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bacterial genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | order Corynebacteriales ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | mycolic acid-containing actinobacteria ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-2 organism in clinical laboratories ⓘ |
| cellEnvelope | mycolic-acid-containing cell wall ⓘ |
| cellWallType | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| class | Actinobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clinicalRelevance | opportunistic pathogen ⓘ |
| clinicalRole | rare opportunistic clinical isolate ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Williamsia deligens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Williamsia faeni ⓘ Williamsia maris NERFINISHED ⓘ Williamsia muralis NERFINISHED ⓘ Williamsia serinedens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cultureRequirement | grows on standard aerobic bacteriological media ⓘ |
| diagnosticChallenge | may be misidentified as other corynebacterioform bacteria ⓘ |
| environmentalRole | environmental actinobacterium ⓘ |
| firstDescribedIn | International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| GCContent | high-GC-content ⓘ |
| genomeCharacteristic | high guanine-cytosine DNA content ⓘ |
| GramStainResult | Gram-positive ⓘ |
| habitat |
environmental samples
ⓘ
freshwater environments ⓘ soil ⓘ |
| isIsolatedFrom | clinical specimens ⓘ |
| kingdom | Bacteria ⓘ |
| metabolism | aerobic ⓘ |
| morphology | irregular rods ⓘ |
| motility | non-motile ⓘ |
| namingEtymology | named in honor of microbiologist S. T. Williams ⓘ |
| order | Corynebacteriales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oxygenRequirement | obligately aerobic ⓘ |
| pathogenicity | occasionally associated with human infections ⓘ |
| phylum | Actinobacteria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Corynebacterium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nocardia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodococcus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rod-shaped ⓘ |
| sporeFormation | non-spore-forming ⓘ |
| staining | Gram-positive staining reaction ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Williamsia muralis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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