Name: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bre.vi.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Brevibacterium, a short rod

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Brevibacteri-), bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Brevibacterium linens (Wolff 1910) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazione VI. Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 1:13-14.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Brevibacteriaceae Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazioni, VI Congresso Internazionale Microbiologia Roma, 1953; 1:10-15.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Brevibacteriales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355. 🇨🇳
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Brevibacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Traite de systematique bacterienne. Volume 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🧕 Nouioui et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the class Actinobacteria Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Prevot (1961) assigned this genus to the tribe Brevibacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Traité de Systématique Bactérienne, vol. 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.
  • 🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Brevibacteriales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Wolff M. Über eine neve Krankheit der Raupe von Bupalus piniarius L. Mitteilungen des Kaiser-Wilhelm-Instituts fur Landwirtschaft in Bromberg 1910; 3:69-92.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bieiibacterium"; "Bmvibactcrium"; "Brcoibactcrium"; "Brcoibacterium"; "Brcuibaccerium"; "Brcuibaclerium"; "Brcuibactcrium"; "Brcuibacterium"; "Brcvibaclerium"; "Brcvibacrcrium"; "Brcvibacterium"; "Brcvilmcterium"; "Breaibacterium"; "Breoibacterium"; "Breolbacterium"; "Breuibaclerium"; "Breuibactcrium"; "Breuibacterium"; "Breuibaeterium"; "Breuiboctcrium"; "Breuibucterium"; "Brevibaccerium"; "Brevibacerium"; "Brevibacetrium"; "Brevibacferium"; "Brevibacierium"; "Brevibaclerium"; "Brevibacmrium"; "Brevibacnerium"; "Brevibactcrium"; "Brevibactenum"; "Brevibacteriiim"; "Brevibacteriium"; "Brevibacterillm"; "Brevibacteriuiti"; "Brevibacteriurn"; "Brevibacteriurrs"; "Brevibactertum"; "Brevibacterum"; "Brevibactezrium"; "Brevibacwrium"; "Brevibacxerium"; "Brevibaczerium"; "Brevibaeterium"; "Brevibamerium"; "Brevibaoterium"; "Brevibaowrium"; "Brevibaterium"; "Brevibncterium"; "Brevibuclerium"; "Brevibucterium"; "Brevihacterium"; "Brevitbactertum"; "Brevlbaclerium"; "Brevlbacterium"; "Brovibaczerium"; "Btevibacterium"; "Byevibacterium"; "Hrcoibacterium"; "Rrevibacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Brevibacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wauters et al. (2004), Pei et al. (2021), Lee (2008), Farrow et al. (1994). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 54; DSM: 52; ATCC: 26; CIP: 26; CCUG: 24; VKM: 20; LMG: 19; NBRC: 19; IFO: 19; KCTC: 12.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BVBT" 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: 41
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 62
Total number of child taxa: 96

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brevibacterium acetylicum (Levine and Soppeland 1926) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium albidum Komagata and Iizuka 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium album Tang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium ammoniilyticum Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium anseongense Jung et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium antiquum Gavrish et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium atlanticum Pei et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium aurantiacum Gavrish et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium aureum" Seghal Kiran et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium avium Pascual and Collins 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium brunneum" (Copeland 1899) Breed 1957	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium casei Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium celere Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium citreum Komagata and Iizuka 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium daeguense Cui et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium divaricatum Su and Yamada 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium epidermidis Collins et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium erythrogenes" (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium fermentans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium flavum" Okumura et al. 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium frigoritolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium fulvum" (Zimmermann 1890) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium fuscum" (Zimmermann 1890) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium gallinarum Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium gallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium hankyongi Choi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium healii" (Buchanan and Hammer 1915) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium helvolum" (Zimmermann 1890) Lochhead 1955	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium ihuae" Valles et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium immotum" (ZoBell and Upham 1941) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium imperiale (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium incertum (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium insectiphilium" (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    "Candidatus Brevibacterium intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Brevibacterium intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Brevibacterium iodinum (ex Davis 1939) Collins et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium jeotgali Choi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum" Stackebrandt and Woese 1981	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium ketosoreductum" Verma et al. 1989	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium koreense Nam et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium lactofermentum" Okumura et al. 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium limosum Pei et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium linens (Wolff 1910) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium lipolyticum" (Huss 1908) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium litoralis" Yang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium luteolum corrig. Wauters et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium lutescens Wauters et al. 2003	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Brevibacterium luteum Komagata and Iizuka 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium lyticum Takayama et al. 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium marinopiscosum" (ZoBell and Upham 1941) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium marinum Lee 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium massiliense Roux and Raoult 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium mcbrellneri McBride et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium metallicum corrig. Román-Ponce et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium metallicus Román-Ponce et al. 2025	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Brevibacterium metallidurans Manzoor et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium methylicum" Nesvera et al. 1991	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium oceani Bhadra et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium otitidis Pascual et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium oxydans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium paucivorans Wauters et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium permense Gavrish et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium picturae Heyrman et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium pigmenatum" Pei et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    "Brevibacterium pigmentatum" Pei et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium pityocampae Kati et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium profundi Pei et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium protophormiae Lysenko 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium pusillum Iizuka and Komagata 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium quale" (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium ravenspurgense Mages et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium renqingii" Yan et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium rongguiense Deng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium saccharolyticum" Okumura et al. 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium salitolerans Guan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium samyangense Lee 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium sandarakinum Kämpfer et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium sanguinis Wauters et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium saperdae Lysenko 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium sediminis Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium senegalense Kokcha et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium siliguriense Kumar et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium sociovivum" (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium spongiae Zhang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacterium stationis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Brevibacterium sterolicum" Uwajima et al. 1973	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium sulfureum" (Bergey et al. 1923) Breed 1957	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacterium tegumenticola" (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacterium testaceum Komagata and Iizuka 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium vitaeruminis corrig. (Bechdel et al. 1928) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Brevibacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al. 1928) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Brevibacterium yomogidense Tonouchi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacterium zhoupengii" Huang et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Brevibacteriaceae Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazione VI. Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 1:13-14.

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