Name: Brevibacterium epidermidis Collins et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.pi.der’mi.dis Gr. n. epidermida, the outer skin; N.L. gen. n. epidermidis, of the epidermis

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 35514; BCRC 12215; CCM 4098; CCRC 12215; CCUG 30540; CIP 102110; DSM 20660; IFO 14811; IMET 10998; JCM 2593; KCTC 3090; NBRC 14811; NCDO 2286; NCIMB 702286; NCTC 12997; VKM Ac-2108

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76565 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Farrow JA, Goodfellow M, Minnikin DE. Brevibacterium casei sp. nov. and Brevibacterium epidermidis sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:388-395.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

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 date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 12, published 17 October 1983) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • The species Brevibacterium epidermidis [effective publication: Collins et al. 1983, type strain: strain D731 = NCIMB 702286 (formerly NCDO 2286)] appears also on the validation list n° 13 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List n° 12, published 17 October 1983) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.
  • The species Brevibacterium epidermidis [effective publication: Collins et al. 1983, type strain: strain D731 NCIMB 702286 (formerly NCDO 2286)] appears also on the Validation List no. 13 [1]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Collins MD, Farrow JA, Goodfellow M, Minnikin DE. Brevibacterium casei sp. nov. and Brevibacterium epidermidis sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:388-395.

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