Species Brevibacterium imperiale

Name: Brevibacterium imperiale (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium imperiale" Steinhaus 1941

Etymology: im.pe.ri.a’le. L. neut. adj. imperiale, imperial, named after specific epithet of name of insect host (Eacles imperialis Dru)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um im-pe-ri-A-le, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 8365; CIP 82.108; DSM 20530; HAMBI 117; HAMBI 1891; IFO 12610; JCM 1378; NBRC 12610; NCIB 9888; NCIMB 9888; VKM Ac-1447

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77442 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazione VI. Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 1:13-14.

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: Microbacterium imperiale (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1983

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microbacterium imperiale (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacterium imperiale" Steinhaus 1941	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ❗ Brevibacterium imperiale 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 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 2 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: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazione VI. Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 1:13-14.

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Species Brevibacterium imperiale