Name: Brachybacterium squillarum Park et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: squil.la’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. squillarum, of/from shrimp

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bra-k^hy-bak-TE-ri-um skwil-LA-rum, neuter

Type strain: JCM 16464; KACC 14221; M-6-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ339911 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SK, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Nam YD, Park EJ, Roh SW, Bae JW. Brachybacterium squillarum sp. nov., isolated from salt-fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1118-1122. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 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: Park SK, Kim MS, Jung MJ, Nam YD, Park EJ, Roh SW, Bae JW. Brachybacterium squillarum sp. nov., isolated from salt-fermented seafood. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1118-1122. 🇰🇷

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