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Species Brevibacterium incertum
Name: Brevibacterium incertum (Steinhaus 1941) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium incertum" Steinhaus 1941
Etymology: in.cer’tum. L. neut. adj. incertum, not firmly established, uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, dubious
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-KER-tum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 8363; CCUG 38799; CIP 104227; CIP 106501; DSM 20581; IFO 12145; JCM 1969; NBRC 12145; NCIB 9892; NCIMB 9892
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y17300
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: Desemzia incerta (Steinhaus 1941) Stackebrandt et al. 1999
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacterium incertum" Steinhaus 1941 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists Desemzia incerta (Steinhaus 1941) Stackebrandt et al. 1999 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Brevibacterium incertum 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 2 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 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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Record number: 774213
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