Genus Aureobacterium

Name: Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Au.re.o.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. aureus, golden; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Aureobacterium, a golden small rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Aureobacteri-), a͡u-re-o-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Aureobacterium liquefaciens (ex Orla-Jensen 1919) Collins et al. 1983

Effective publication: Collins MD, Jones D, Keddie RM, Kroppenstedt RM, Schleifer KH. Classification of some coryneform bacteria in a new genus Aureobacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:236-252. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Paramicrobacterium Lee et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Yokota et al. 1993 Yokota A, Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Weiss N. Proposal of six new species in the genus Aureobacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium esteraromaticum Omelianski to the genus Aureobacterium as Aureobacterium esteraromaticum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:555-564. 🇯🇵 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Union of the genera Microbacterium Orla-Jensen and Aureobacterium Collins et al. in a redefined genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:739-747. 🇯🇵
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aurcobactcrium"; "Aurcobacterium"; "Aureobacaterium"; "Aureobacierium"; "Aureobactcr"; "Aureobactcrium"; "Aureobucterium"; "Aureoimeterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Aureobacteria".
- ❗ Aureobacterium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 14; JCM: 13; NBRC: 12; ATCC: 12; LMG: 11; IFO: 11; CIP: 11; VKM: 10; CCUG: 5; NCIMB: 4.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AUBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Aureobacterium arabinogalactanolyticum Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium barkeri (ex Dias et al. 1962) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium esteraromaticum (Omelianski 1923) Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium flavescens (Lochhead 1958) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium keratanolyticum Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium liquefaciens (ex Orla-Jensen 1919) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium luteolum Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium resistens Funke et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium saperdae (Lysenko 1959) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium schleiferi Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium terrae Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium terregens (Lochhead and Burton 1953) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium testaceum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Aureobacterium trichothecenolyticum Yokota et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Assigned by: Park YH, Suzuki K, Yim DG, Lee KC, Kim E, Yoon J, Kim S, Kho YH, Goodfellow M, Komagata K. Suprageneric classification of peptidoglycan group B actinomycetes by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:307-313. 🇰🇷

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Genus Aureobacterium