Species Brevibacterium liquefaciens

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.que.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. part. adj. liquefaciens, liquefying; from L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um li-kwe-FA-ki-ens, neuter

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

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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

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Arthrobacter mysorens Nand and Rao 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo 1960) Lanéelle et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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
Arthrobacter nicotianae Giovannozzi-Sermanni 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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. 🇧🇪
- ❗ 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 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 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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Species Brevibacterium liquefaciens