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Species Brevibacterium oxydans
Name: Brevibacterium oxydans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: o.xy’dans. N.L. v. oxydo, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour, acid; N.L. neut. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-KSY-dans, neuter
Type strain: CIP 66.12; DSM 20578; IFO 15586; JCM 12414; NBRC 15586; NCIB 9944; NCIMB 9944; VKM Ac-2116
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OR801634
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FASTA
Effective publication: Chatelain R, Second L. Taxonomie numérique de quelques Brevibacterium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1966; 111:630-644.
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: Microbacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) Schumann et al. 1999
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Microbacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) Schumann et al. 1999 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Brevibacterium oxydans 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.
Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Chatelain R, Second L. Taxonomie numérique de quelques Brevibacterium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1966; 111:630-644.
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Record number: 774226
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