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Species Brevibacterium album
Name: Brevibacterium album Tang et al. 2008
Etymology: al’bum. L. neut. adj. album, white
Type strain: CCTCC AB 206112; DSM 18261; JCM 15617; KCTC 19173; YIM 90718
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
EF158852
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Tang SK, Wang Y, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Lou K, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Brevibacterium album sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:574-577. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03071 (N = 2).
- 😷 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 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 risk group of the genus.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tang SK, Wang Y, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E, Lou K, Jiang CL, Xu LH, Li WJ. Brevibacterium album sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a saline soil in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:574-577.
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Record number: 787223
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