Name: Aureobacterium terrae Yokota et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. fem. n. terra, soil; L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of soil

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51476; CIP 103816; DSM 8610; IFO 15300; JCM 9176; LMG 16471; NBRC 15300; VKM Ac-1945

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17238 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

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aureobacterium terrae 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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