Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Micrococcineae
Family:	Microbacteriaceae
Genus:	Curtobacterium
Binomial name
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens
Synonyms
Bacterium flaccumfaciens Hedges 1922 Phytomonas flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Bergey et al. 1923 Pseudomonas flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Stevens 1925 Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. betae (Keyworth et al. 1956) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 Corynebacterium oortii Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969 Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. oortii (Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948 Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens subsp. poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Carlson and Vidaver 1982 Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942

Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens is a Gram-positive soil bacterium that causes disease on a variety of plants.