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Species Brevibacterium metallicum
Name: Brevibacterium metallicum corrig. Román-Ponce et al. 2025
Etymology: me.tal’li.cum. L. neut. adj. metallicum, the miner (masculine metallicus also as noun)
Pronunciation, gender: me-TAL-li-kum, neuter
Type strain: CCBAU 101093; HAMBI 3627; LMG 28673; NM2E3
16S rRNA gene:
KM874400
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Roman-Ponce B, Li YH, Vasquez-Murrieta MS, Sui XH, Chen WF, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Wang ET. Brevibacterium metallicus sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from roots of Prosopis laegivata grown at the edge of a mine tailing in Mexico. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:1151-1158. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.
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 Brevibacterium metallicus Román-Ponce et al. 2025 other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
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Notes:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: LMG 8673.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.
- 🙆 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:
Roman-Ponce B, Li YH, Vasquez-Murrieta MS, Sui XH, Chen WF, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Wang ET. Brevibacterium metallicus sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from roots of Prosopis laegivata grown at the edge of a mine tailing in Mexico. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:1151-1158. 🇲🇽
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Record number: 67891
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