The Corynebacterineae comprise a suborder of the Actinomycetales and include most of the acid-fast bacteria. Therewith it is a subgroup of the high GC-content and Gram-positive bacteria. Among its subgroup Mycobacteriaceae are the species which cause tuberculosis and leprosy.
The phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 123 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project.
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Order Corynebacteriales Goodfellow & Jones 2015 ["Corynebacteriales" Goodfellow & Jones 2012; Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009; Mycobacteria]
Genus Lawsonella Bell et al. 2016 ["Lawsonella" Nicholson et al. 2015]
Genus Tomitella Katayama et al. 2010
Family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009 (Coryneform bacteria)
Genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 emend. Bernard et al. 2010 [Caseobacter Crombach 1978; Turicella Funke et al. 1994]
Family Dietziaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
Genus Dietzia Rainey et al. 1995 emend. Kämpfer et al. 2010
Family Gordoniaceae Rainey et al. 1997 s.l. ["Williamsiaceae" Garrity & Holt 2001]
Genus Gordonia (ex Tsukamura 1971) Stackebrandt et al. 1989
Genus Millisia Soddell et al. 2006
Genus Skermania Chun et al. 1997
Genus Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999
Family Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
Genus Hoyosella Jurado et al. 2009 emend. Li et al. 2016c [Amycolicicoccus Wang et al. 2010]
Genus Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896
Family Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
Genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 [Micropolyspora Lechevalier, Solotorovsky & McDurmont 1961]
Genus Parvopolyspora ♠ Liu et al. 1986
Genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891
Genus Smaragdicoccus Adachi et al. 2007
Family Segniliparaceae Butler et al. 2005 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
Genus Segniliparus Butler et al. 2005
Family Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997 emend. Zhi, Li & Stackebrandt 2009
Genus Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988
Notes:
♠ Strains found at the National Center for Biotechnology Information but not listed in the List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature
