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Species Brevibacterium acetylicum
Name: Brevibacterium acetylicum (Levine and Soppeland 1926) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Flavobacterium acetylicum" Levine and Soppeland 1926
Etymology: a.ce.ty’li.cum. N.L. neut. n. acetylum, the organic radical acetyl; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. acetylicum, pertaining to acetyl
Pronunciation, gender: a-ke-TY-li-kum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 953; CCUG 32630; CIP 82.109; DSM 20416; HAMBI 2009; IFO 12146; JCM 1968; NBRC 12146
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB680246
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FASTA
Effective publication: Breed RS. Family IX. Brevibacteriaceae Breed, 1953. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 490-503.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Exiguobacterium acetylicum (Levine and Soppeland 1926) Farrow et al. 1994
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Exiguobacterium acetylicum (Levine and Soppeland 1926) Farrow et al. 1994 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Flavobacterium acetylicum" Levine and Soppeland 1926 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Brevibacterium acetylicum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Brevibacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Breed RS. Family IX. Brevibacteriaceae Breed, 1953. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 490-503.
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Record number: 774196
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