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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microbacterium betulae

Name: Microbacterium betulae Paściak et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: be.tu’lae. L. fem. n. betula, birch; N.L. gen. fem. n. betulae, of birch, referring to the source of isolation

Gender: neuter

Type strain: AB; CECT 30706; PCM 3040

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP118157 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pasciak M, Pawlik KJ, Martynowski D, Laczmanski L, Ciekot J, Szponar B, Wojcik-Fatla A, Mackiewicz B, Farian E, Cholewa G, et al. Discovery of a new bacterium, Microbacterium betulae sp. nov., in birch wood associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers. Environ Microbiol Rep 2024; 16:e13311.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pasciak M, Pawlik KJ, Martynowski D, Laczmanski L, Ciekot J, Szponar B, Wojcik-Fatla A, Mackiewicz B, Farian E, Cholewa G, et al. Discovery of a new bacterium, Microbacterium betulae sp. nov., in birch wood associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis in woodworkers. Environ Microbiol Rep 2024; 16:e13311.

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Record number: 57212
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