Name: Brachybacterium muris Buczolits et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu’ris. L. gen. masc./fem. n. muris, of the mouse, the type strain was isolated from a mouse

Pronunciation, gender: MU-ris, neuter

Type strain: C3H-21; CCM 7047; CCUG 50352; DSM 14560; DSM 15460; JCM 14117

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16S rRNA gene: AJ537574 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Buczolits S, Schumann P, Weidler G, Radax C, Busse HJ. Brachybacterium muris sp. nov., isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse strain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1955-1960.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 In the original description the strain DSM 15460 is erroneously cited as DSM 14560. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Buczolits et al. 2003, the strain DSM 15460 is erroneously cited as DSM 14560. — Kudo T. Personal communication, 2006-08-16.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006; 56:2505.

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Buczolits S, Schumann P, Weidler G, Radax C, Busse HJ. Brachybacterium muris sp. nov., isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse strain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1955-1960.

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Record number: 774151