Name: Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying; from N.L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 43493; CIP 104276; DSM 20579; JCM 1970; LMG 16159

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Original publication: Okabayashi T, Masuo E. Occurrence of nucleotides in the culture fluid of microorganisms. I. Screening of purine auxotrophs of Escherichia coli. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo) 1960; 8:1084-1088.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Glutamicibacter nicotianae (Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959) Busse 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Glutamicibacter nicotianae (Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959) Busse 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo 1960) Lanéelle et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Gelsomino et al. (2004), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gelsomino R, Vancanneyt M, Swings J. Reclassification of Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 as Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:615-616.
  • According to Gelsomino et al. (2004), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Glutamicibacter nicotianae (Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959) Busse 2016. Publication: Gelsomino R, Vancanneyt M, Swings J. Reclassification of Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 as Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:615-616.
  • The authors, therefore, withdraw all of theirs recommendations for the assignment of Brevibacterium liquefaciens to the genus Corynebacterium [2]. Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:274.
  • The strain ATCC 14929 used by M.A. Lanéelle et al. [1] was mislabeled. With a new copy of the type strain ATCC 14929, the results were unlike those reported by M.A. Lanéelle et al. [1]. Publication: Lanéelle MA, Asselineau J, Welby M, Norgard MV, Imaeda T, Pollice MC, Barksdale L. Biological and chemical bases for the reclassification of Brevibacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) Breed (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) comb. nov. and Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:539-546.

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Okabayashi T, Masuo E. Occurrence of nucleotides in the culture fluid of microorganisms. I. Screening of purine auxotrophs of Escherichia coli. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Tokyo) 1960; 8:1084-1088.

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