A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Family Dermatophilaceae

Abstract
The comparative analysis of the 16S rRNA of Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43060 and Dermatophilus congolensis DSM 43047 revealed that these members of the family Dermatophilaceae were only remotely related. While G. obscurus represented an individual and separate line of descent within the phylogenetically defined order Actinomycetales, D. congolensis was closely related to representatives of Arthrobacter, Micrococcus, Cellulomonas, Brevibacterium, Promicromonospora and Microbacterium.