Species Brevibacterium metallicum

Name: Brevibacterium metallicum corrig. Román-Ponce et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.tal’li.cum. L. neut. adj. metallicum, referring to the fact that the bacterium is resistant to various heavy metals (masculine metallicus also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um me-TAL-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: CCBAU 101093; HAMBI 3627; LMG 28673; NM2E3

16S rRNA gene: KM874400 Analysetree FASTA download

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. 🇲🇽

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)

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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