Species ***Brevibacterium* *otitidis***

Name: Brevibacterium otitidis Pascual et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ti’ti.dis. Gr. neut. n. oûs (gen. ôtos), ear; N.L. fem. n. suff. -itis, suffix used in names of inflammations; N.L. gen. fem. n. otitidis, of inflammation of the ear

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um o-TI-ti-dis, neuter

Type strain: A37/73; ATCC 700348; CCM 4573; CCUG 37257; CIP 105044; DSM 10718; JCM 11683; NCFB 3053; NCIMB 703053

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16S rRNA gene: AF133534 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pascual C, Collins MD, Funke G, Pitcher DG. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of two Brevibacterium strains from the human ear: description of Brevibacterium otitidis sp. nov. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1996; 5:113-123. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03770 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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: Pascual C, Collins MD, Funke G, Pitcher DG. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of two Brevibacterium strains from the human ear: description of Brevibacterium otitidis sp. nov. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1996; 5:113-123. 🇩🇪

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Species Brevibacterium otitidis

Species ***Brevibacterium* *otitidis***