Name: Brevundimonas vesicularis (Büsing et al. 1953) Segers et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Corynebacterium vesiculare" Büsing et al. 1953

Etymology: ve.si.cu.la’ris. L. fem. dim. n. vesicula, a little blister, vesicle; N.L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -aris, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc./fem. adj. vesicularis, pertaining to a vesicle

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11426; BCRC 11012; CCM 3398; CCRC 11012; CCUG 2032; CCUG 28332; CCUG 28333; CFBP 3032; CIP 101035; DSM 7226; DSM 7233; IAM 12105; IFO 12165; JCM 1477; LMG 2350; NBRC 12165; NCCB 76049; NCIB 1945; NCIMB 1945; NCMB 1945; NCTC 10900; VKM B-974

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16S rRNA gene: AB021414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Pot B, Torck U, Hoste B, Dewettinck D, Falsen E, Kersters K, De Vos P. Classification of Pseudomonas diminuta Leifson and Hugh 1954 and Pseudomonas vesicularis Busing, Doll, and Freytag 1953 in Brevundimonas gen. nov. as Brevundimonas diminuta comb. nov. and Brevundimonas vesicularis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:499-510.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Corynebacterium vesiculare" Büsing et al. 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Pseudomonas vesicularis (Büsing et al. 1953) Galarneault and Leifson 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.12896 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 59 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Brevundimonas Segers et al. 1994

Assigned by: Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Pot B, Torck U, Hoste B, Dewettinck D, Falsen E, Kersters K, De Vos P. Classification of Pseudomonas diminuta Leifson and Hugh 1954 and Pseudomonas vesicularis Busing, Doll, and Freytag 1953 in Brevundimonas gen. nov. as Brevundimonas diminuta comb. nov. and Brevundimonas vesicularis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:499-510.

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Record number: 774254