dermatophilaceae dermatophilaceae the dermatophilaceae is a gram-positive family of bacteria placed within the order of actinomycetales. dermatophilaceae bacteria occur on animal and human skin and in fish guts. dermatophilaceae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: dermatophilaceaeaustwick 1958 type genus dermatophilus(van saceghem 1915) gordon 1964 (approved lists 1980) genera agilicoccus yin et al. 2021 arsenicicoccus collins et al. 2004 austwickia hamada et al. 2011 dermatophilus (van saceghem 1915) gordon 1964 (approved lists 1980) kineosphaera liu et al. 2002 mobilicoccus hamada et al. 2011 piscicoccus hamada et al. 2011 tonsilliphilus azuma et al. 2013 synonyms arsenicicoccaceae salam et al. 2020 phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature and the phylogeny is based on whole-genome sequences. dermatophilaceae arsenicicoccus austwickia dermatophilus mobilicoccus kineosphaera piscicoccus outgroups dermacoccaceae intrasporangiaceae notes tonsilliphilus is not included in this phylogenetic tree.