Species Brevibacterium pusillum

Name: Brevibacterium pusillum Iizuka and Komagata 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu.sil’lum. L. neut. adj. pusillum, very small

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19096; CIP 81.24; DSM 20527; IFO 12674; JCM 1350; LMG 8788; NBRC 12674; VKM Ac-2099

16S rRNA gene: AJ784400 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Iizuka H, Komagata K. Microbiological studies on petroleum and natural gas. III. Determination of Brevibacterium, Arthrobacter, Micrococcus, Sarcina, Alcaligenes and Achromobacter isolated from oil-brines in Japan. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1965; 11:1-14.

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: Curtobacterium pusillum (Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Iizuka H, Komagata K. Microbiological studies on petroleum and natural gas. III. Determination of Brevibacterium, Arthrobacter, Micrococcus, Sarcina, Alcaligenes and Achromobacter isolated from oil-brines in Japan. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1965; 11:1-14.

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