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Species Brevundimonas aurantiaca
Name: Brevundimonas aurantiaca (ex Poindexter 1964) Abraham et al. 1999
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.ca. N.L. fem. adj. aurantiaca, orange
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡u-ran-TI-a-ka, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 15266; CB-R; DSM 4731
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ227787
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Abraham WR, Strompl C, Meyer H, Lindholst S, Moore ER, Christ R, Vancanneyt M, Tindall BJ, Bennasar A, Smit J, et al. Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1053-1073. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.
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 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 14 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.
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🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym: "Caulobacter henricii subsp. aurantiacus".
Publication:
Poindexter JS. BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CAULOBACTER GROUP. Bacteriol Rev 1964; 28:231-295.
- 🧍 Under the Bacteriological Code (1990 revision) Brevundimonas aurantiaca is a species nova, a combinatio nova, and a nomen revictum; not a combinatio nova as cited in the paper by Abraham et al. 1999. Publication: Lapage SP, Sneath PHA, Lessel EF, Skerman VBD, Seeliger HPR, Clark WA. International code of nomenclature of bacteria (1990 revision). American Society for Microbiology, Washington, 1992.
Parent taxon: Brevundimonas Segers et al. 1994
Assigned by:
Abraham WR, Strompl C, Meyer H, Lindholst S, Moore ER, Christ R, Vancanneyt M, Tindall BJ, Bennasar A, Smit J, et al. Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1053-1073. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 774243
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