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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Brachybacterium epidermidis"

Name: "Brachybacterium epidermidis" Boxberger et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.pi.der’mi.dis. Gr. neut. n. epiderma, the outer skin; N.L. gen. fem. n. epidermidis, of the epidermis

Pronunciation, gender: e-pi-DER-mi-dis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Marseille Q2903

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW186831 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Boxberger M, Magnien S, Antezack A, Rolland C, Makoa M, La-Scola B, Cassir N. Brachybacterium epidermidis Sp. Nov., a Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from the Back of the Right Hand, in a 67-Year-Old Healthy Woman. Int J Microbiol 2022; 2022:2875994.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Boxberger M, Magnien S, Antezack A, Rolland C, Makoa M, La-Scola B, Cassir N. Brachybacterium epidermidis Sp. Nov., a Novel Bacterial Species Isolated from the Back of the Right Hand, in a 67-Year-Old Healthy Woman. Int J Microbiol 2022; 2022:2875994.

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Record number: 29033
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