Name: Aureobacterium resistens Funke et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.sis’tens. L. neut. part. adj. resistens, being resistant, referring to the vancomycin resistance which is very unusual for coryneform bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … re-SIS-tens, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 38312; DMMZ 1710; DSM 11986; JCM 11686; NBRC 103078

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16S rRNA gene: Y14699 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Funke G, Lawson PA, Nolte FS, Weiss N, Collins MD. Aureobacterium resistens sp. nov., exhibiting vancomycin resistance and teicoplanin susceptibility. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 158:89-93. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 65. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Microbacterium resistens (Funke et al. 1998) Behrendt et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbacterium resistens (Funke et al. 1998) Behrendt et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Aureobacterium resistens 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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.
  • 🧍 In the July 1998 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, the union of the genera Microbacterium and Aureobacterium in a redefined genus Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Takeuchi and Hatano 1998 has been validly published [1]. Publication: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Union of the genera Microbacterium Orla-Jensen and Aureobacterium Collins et al. in a redefined genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:739-747. 🇯🇵
  • 🧍 The name Aureobacterium resistens Funke et al. 1998 has been effectively published in 1998 [2] and validly published in the April 1998 issue of the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology [3]. Of course, this name was not included in the study by Takeuchi and Hatano 1998 [1]. Publication: Funke G, Lawson PA, Nolte FS, Weiss N, Collins MD. Aureobacterium resistens sp. nov., exhibiting vancomycin resistance and teicoplanin susceptibility. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 158:89-93. 🇨🇭
  • 🧍 Thereafter, the new combination Microbacterium resistens was proposed by Behrendt et al. 2001 [4]. Publication: Behrendt U, Ulrich A, Schumann P. Description of Microbacterium foliorum sp. nov. and Microbacterium phyllosphaerae sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of grasses and the surface litter after mulching the sward, and reclassification of Aureobacterium resistens (Funke et al. 1998) as Microbacterium resistens comb. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1267-1276. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Aureobacterium Collins et al. 1983

Assigned by: Funke G, Lawson PA, Nolte FS, Weiss N, Collins MD. Aureobacterium resistens sp. nov., exhibiting vancomycin resistance and teicoplanin susceptibility. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 158:89-93. 🇨🇭

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