Name: Brevilactibacter flavus Wenning et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, golden yellow, orange yellow, referring to the colony colour

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 100885; LMG 29089; VG341; WS4900

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG799849 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wenning M, Breitenwieser F, Huptas C, Doll E, Bachler B, Schulz A, Dunkel A, Hofmann T, von Neubeck M, Busse HJ, et al. Brevilactibacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Propionibacteriaceae isolated from raw milk and dairy products and reclassification of Propioniciclava sinopodophylli as Brevilactibacter sinopodophylli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2186-2193.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Propioniciclava flava (Wenning et al. 2020) Li et al. 2022

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propioniciclava flava (Wenning et al. 2020) Li et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Brevilactibacter Wenning et al. 2020. Publication: Wenning M, Breitenwieser F, Huptas C, Doll E, Bachler B, Schulz A, Dunkel A, Hofmann T, von Neubeck M, Busse HJ, et al. Brevilactibacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Propionibacteriaceae isolated from raw milk and dairy products and reclassification of Propioniciclava sinopodophylli as Brevilactibacter sinopodophylli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2186-2193.
  • ❗ Brevilactibacter flavus 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 Brevilactibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Brevilactibacter Wenning et al. 2020

Assigned by: Wenning M, Breitenwieser F, Huptas C, Doll E, Bachler B, Schulz A, Dunkel A, Hofmann T, von Neubeck M, Busse HJ, et al. Brevilactibacter flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Propionibacteriaceae isolated from raw milk and dairy products and reclassification of Propioniciclava sinopodophylli as Brevilactibacter sinopodophylli comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2186-2193.

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