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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Brachybacterium avium

Name: Brachybacterium avium Tak et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’vi.um. L. gen. fem. pl. n. avium, of birds

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bra-khy-bak-TE-ri-um A-wi-um, neuter

Type strain: JCM 32143; KCTC 39997; VR2415

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16S rRNA gene: KY785408 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Tak EJ, Kim PS, Hyun DW, Kim HS, Lee JY, Kang W, Sung H, Shin NR, Kim MS, Whon TW, et al. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of Brachybacterium vulturis sp. nov. and Brachybacterium avium sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1809. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Tak EJ, Kim PS, Hyun DW, Kim HS, Lee JY, Kang W, Sung H, Shin NR, Kim MS, Whon TW, et al. Phenotypic and Genomic Properties of Brachybacterium vulturis sp. nov. and Brachybacterium avium sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1809. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797967

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