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Species Brevibacterium picturae
Name: Brevibacterium picturae Heyrman et al. 2004
Etymology: pic.tu’rae. L. gen. fem. n. picturae, pertaining, or belonging, to a painting
Type strain: DSM 16132; JCM 13319; LMG 22061
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ620364
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Heyrman J, Verbeeren J, Schumann P, Devos J, Swings J, De Vos P. Brevibacterium picturae sp. nov., isolated from a damaged mural painting at the Saint-Catherine chapel (Castle Herberstein, Austria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1537-1541. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Heyrman J, Verbeeren J, Schumann P, Devos J, Swings J, De Vos P. Brevibacterium picturae sp. nov., isolated from a damaged mural painting at the Saint-Catherine chapel (Castle Herberstein, Austria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1537-1541.
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Record number: 774228
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