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Goodfellow, M., Maldonado, L.A. (2006). The Families Dietziaceae, Gordoniaceae, Nocardiaceae and Tsukamurellaceae. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30743-5_32
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