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Species Brevibacterium linens
Name: Brevibacterium linens (Wolff 1910) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium linens" Wolff 1910
Etymology: li.nens. L. neut. part. adj. linens, spreading over, smearing
Type strain: ATCC 9172; CIP 101125; DSM 20425; HAMBI 2038; IFO 12142; JCM 1327; NBRC 12142; NRRL B-4210; VKM Ac-2112
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X77451
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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacterium linens" Wolff 1910 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Emendations:
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Collins et al. 1980
Collins MD, Jones D, Keddie RM, Sneath PHA. Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a redefined genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom. rev.; comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1980; 120:1-10.
Notes:- 🧍 As of 2022-12-16 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Collins et al. 1980
Collins MD, Jones D, Keddie RM, Sneath PHA. Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a redefined genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom. rev.; comb. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1980; 120:1-10.
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Breed RS. The Brevibacteriaceae fam. nov. of order Eubacteriales. Riassunti delle Communicazione VI. Congresso Internazionale di Microbiologia, Roma 1953; 1:13-14.
- 😷 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 164 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: 774217
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