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Species Brevibacterium liquefaciens
Name: Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: li.que.fa’ciens. N.L. neut. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying; from L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy
Type strain: CCUG 43493; CIP 104276; DSM 20579; JCM 1970; LMG 16159
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ251417
Analyse
FASTA
Effective 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 under the ICNP
Correct name: Glutamicibacter nicotianae (Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959) Busse 2016
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Glutamicibacter mysorens (Nand and Rao 1972) Busse 2016 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Glutamicibacter nicotianae (Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959) Busse 2016 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo 1960) Lanéelle et al. 1980 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Arthrobacter mysorens Nand and Rao 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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⏲ 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.
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⏲ 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.
- ❗ Brevibacterium liquefaciens 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 21 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 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.
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⏲ 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.
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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