Species Brevibacterium massiliense

Name: Brevibacterium massiliense Roux and Raoult 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, pertaining to Massilia, the old Roman name for Marseille, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um mas-si-li-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 5401308; CCUG 53855; CIP 109422; CSUR P26; DSM 23039

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU868814 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Roux V, Raoult D. Brevibacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from a human ankle discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1960-1964. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Brevibacterium ravenspurgense Mages et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Brevibacterium ravenspurgense Mages et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Bernard et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Brevibacterium ravenspurgense Mages et al. 2009. Publication: Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Huynh C, Bonner C, German GJ, Bernier AM. Brevibacterium massiliense (Roux and Raoult 2009) is a later heterotypic synonym of Brevibacterium ravenspurgense (Mages, Frodl, Bernard and Funke 2009), using whole-genome sequence analysis as a comparative tool. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4440-4444. 🇨🇦
- ❗ Brevibacterium massiliense 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02754 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Roux V, Raoult D. Brevibacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from a human ankle discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1960-1964. 🇫🇷

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Species Brevibacterium massiliense