Name: Brachybacterium phenoliresistens Chou et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phe.no.li.re.sis’tens. N.L. neut. n. phenol, phenol; L. pres. part. resistens, resisting; N.L. neut. part. adj. phenoliresistens, phenol resisting, referring to the organism’s ability to resist phenol

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … p^he-no-li-re-SIS-tens, neuter

Type strain: BCRC 17589; DSM 22299; JCM 15157; LMG 23707; phenol-A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ822566 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Sheu SY, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Brachybacterium phenoliresistens sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated coastal sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2674-2679. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 4 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.

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Chou JH, Lin KY, Lin MC, Sheu SY, Wei YH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Brachybacterium phenoliresistens sp. nov., isolated from oil-contaminated coastal sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2674-2679. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 786899