Name: Aureobacterium arabinogalactanolyticum Yokota et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ra.bi.no.ga.lac.ta.no.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. arabinogalactanum, arabinogalactan, polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. arabinogalactanolyticum, arabinogalactan dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡u-re-o-bak-TE-ri-um a-ra-bi-no-ga-lak-ta-no-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51926; CIP 103814; DSM 8611; IFO 14344; JCM 9171; LMG 16469; NBRC 14344; VKM Ac-1943

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16S rRNA gene: Y17228 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aureobacterium arabinogalactanolyticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aureobacterium.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: 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. 🇯🇵

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