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Name: Brachybacterium fresconis Heyrman et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fres.co’nis. N.L. gen. masc. n. fresconis, pertaining or belonging to fresco(es)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bra-khy-bak-TE-ri-um fres-KO-nis, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 50350; DSM 14564; JCM 12138; LMG 20336

16S rRNA gene: AJ415378 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Heyrman J, Balcaen A, De Vos P, Schumann P, Swings J. Brachybacterium fresconis sp. nov. and Brachybacterium sacelli sp. nov., isolated from deteriorated parts of a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1641-1646. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 😷 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 the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Heyrman J, Balcaen A, De Vos P, Schumann P, Swings J. Brachybacterium fresconis sp. nov. and Brachybacterium sacelli sp. nov., isolated from deteriorated parts of a medieval wall painting of the chapel of Castle Herberstein (Austria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1641-1646. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 774149