Cutibacterium

Translingual

Cutibacterium acnes, formerly called Propionibacterium acnes

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin cutis (“skin”) +‎ Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion, “small staff, small cane”).

Proper noun

Cutibacterium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Propionibacteriaceae – certain propionibacteria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Actinobacteriota – phylum; Actinomycetia – class; Propionibacteriales – order; Propionibacteriaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cutibacterium acnes - type species; Cutibacterium avidum, Cutibacterium granulosum, Cutibacterium humerusii, Cutibacterium namnetense, Cutibacterium timonense - other species

See also

• Propionibacterium

References

• Cutibacterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cutibacterium in the Genome Taxonomy Database