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[[Category:Infectious_Agents]]
[[Category:Infectious_Agents]]
'''Bacterial classification'''
According to the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria ("The Bacteriological Code", revision of 1990) and the International Committee on Systematics of Procaryotes (ICSP), bacteria of veterinary interest are divided into 8 phyla:-
Phylum Actinobacteria (orders Actinomycetales and Bifidobacteriales)
Phylum Cyanobacteria (the blue-green algae)
Phylum Fusobacteria (genera ''Fusobacterium'' and ''Streptobacillus'')
Phylum Spirochaetes
Phylum Formicutes (classes Bacilli, Clostridia, Erysipelotrichi, Mollicutes)
Phylum Bacteroidetes (orders Bacterioidales and Cytophagales)
Phylum Chlamydiae
Phylum Proteobacteria (see entry under this name)