Species Aeromicrobium fastidiosum

Name: Aeromicrobium fastidiosum (Collins and Stackebrandt 1989) Tamura and Yokota 1994

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Nocardioides fastidiosus corrig. Collins and Stackebrandt 1989

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sum. L. neut. adj. fastidiosum, fastidious, referring to the nutritionally fastidious nature of the organism when it is first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-e-ro-mi-KRO-bi-um fas-ti-di-O-sum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49363; DSM 10552; IFO 14897; J41; JCM 8088; LMG 16205; NBRC 14897; NCIB 12713; NCIMB 12713; VKM Ac-1324

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16S rRNA gene: AF005022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tamura T, Yokota A. Transfer of Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989 to the genus Aeromicrobium as Aeromicrobium fastidiosum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:608-611. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nocardioides fastidiosus corrig. Collins and Stackebrandt 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Aeromicrobium Miller et al. 1991

Assigned by: Tamura T, Yokota A. Transfer of Nocardioides fastidiosa Collins and Stackebrandt 1989 to the genus Aeromicrobium as Aeromicrobium fastidiosum comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:608-611. 🇯🇵

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