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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-lak-ti-BAK-ter FLA-wus, 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

Risk group: 1

• 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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