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Species "Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum"

Classification: 

Bacteria Bacillati Actinomycetota Actinomycetes Micrococcales Brevibacteriaceae Brevibacterium "Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum"

Name: "Brevibacterium ketoglutamicum" Stackebrandt and Woese 1981

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. glutamicum, pertaining to glutamic acid (all strains produce large amounts of L-glutamic acid under aerobic conditions); N.L. neut. adj. ketoglutamicum

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Stackebrandt E, Woese CR. Towards a Phylogeny of the Actinomycetes and Related Organisms. Current Microbiology 1981; 5:197-202.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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". — 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.
    • 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Woese CR. Towards a Phylogeny of the Actinomycetes and Related Organisms. Current Microbiology 1981; 5:197-202.

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Record number: 19301

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