Species Brevibacterium divaricatum

Name: Brevibacterium divaricatum Su and Yamada 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.va.ri.ca’tum. L. neut. part. adj. divaricatum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um di-wa-ri-KA-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14020; JCM 1307; KCTC 3253

Effective publication: Su Y, Yamada K. Studies on L-glutamic acid fermentation. Part I. Isolation of a L-glutamic acid producing strain and its taxonomical studies. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1960; 24:69-74.

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: Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium lilium Lee and Good 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Micrococcus glutamicus" Kinoshita et al. 1958	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Liebl et al. (1991), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Micrococcus glutamicus" Kinoshita et al. 1958. Publication: Liebl W, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Brevibacterium divaricatum DSM 20297T, "Brevibacterium flavum" DSM 20411, "Brevibacterium lactofermentum" DSM 20412 and DSM 1412, and Corynebacterium glutamicum and their distinction by rRNA gene restriction patterns. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:255-260. 🇩🇪
- ⏲ According to Liebl et al. (1991), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liebl W, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Brevibacterium divaricatum DSM 20297T, "Brevibacterium flavum" DSM 20411, "Brevibacterium lactofermentum" DSM 20412 and DSM 1412, and Corynebacterium glutamicum and their distinction by rRNA gene restriction patterns. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:255-260. 🇩🇪
- ❗ Brevibacterium divaricatum 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 27 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Su Y, Yamada K. Studies on L-glutamic acid fermentation. Part I. Isolation of a L-glutamic acid producing strain and its taxonomical studies. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1960; 24:69-74.

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Species Brevibacterium divaricatum