Kutzneria

Kutzneria is a genus of bacteria in Phylum Actinobacteria. Three species of Kutzneria have been described as of 2001. This genus was named after Hans-Jürgen Kutzner, a German microbiologist. Kutzneria are non-motile, aerobic, mesophilic, thermotolerant, Gram positive, chemo-organotrophs. They have stable, branched, cottony aerial mycelium. Their cell walls contain N-acetylated muramic acid and meso-diaminopimelic acid. They produce spores which are either cocci, bacilli or oval. They are long sporangiophores measuring up to 50 micrometres which are formed by septation of coiled, unbranched hyphae within the sporangiophores.