austwickia chelonae austwickia chelonae austwickia chelonae is a species of bacteria from the family of dermatophilaceae, which has been isolated from a snapping turtle from perth western in australia. austwickia is named after the botanist peter k.c. austwick. austwickia chelonae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: micrococcales family: dermatophilaceae genus: austwickiahamada et al. 2011 species: a. chelonae binomial name austwickia chelonae(masters et al. 1995) hamada et al. 2011 type strain atcc 51576ccug 47447dsm 44178jcm 9706nbrc 105200w16 synonyms dermatophilus chelonae masters et al. 1995