Name: Brochothrix thermosphacta (McLean and Sulzbacher 1953) Sneath and Jones 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Microbacterium thermosphactum" McLean and Sulzbacher 1953

Etymology: ther.mo.sphac.ta. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. adj. sphaktos, slain; N.L. fem. adj. thermosphacta, killed by heat

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11509; CCUG 35132; CIP 103251; DSM 20171; HAMBI 1439; IFO 12167; JCM 20628; LMG 17208; NBIMCC 8039; NBRC 12167; NCTC 10822

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58798 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sneath PHA, Jones D. Brochothrix, a new genus tentatively placed in the family Lactobacillaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:102-104.

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: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microbacterium thermosphactum" McLean and Sulzbacher 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brochothrix Sneath and Jones 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sneath PHA, Jones D. Brochothrix, a new genus tentatively placed in the family Lactobacillaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:102-104.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 393 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Brochothrix Sneath and Jones 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sneath PHA, Jones D. Brochothrix, a new genus tentatively placed in the family Lactobacillaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:102-104.

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