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Species Brevibacterium paucivorans
Name: Brevibacterium paucivorans Wauters et al. 2001
Etymology: pau.ci’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, little; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. neut. part. adj. paucivorans, eating little, because few substrates are assimilated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa͡u-KI-wo-rans, neuter
Type strain: CCUG 45688; CF62; DSM 13657; JCM 11567; LMG 19814
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ251463
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wauters G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Delmee M. Brevibacterium paucivorans sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1703-1707. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wauters G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Delmee M. Brevibacterium paucivorans sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1703-1707. 🇧🇪
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Record number: 774227
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