Species Microbacterium canaveralium

Name: Microbacterium canaveralium Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.na.ve.ra’li.um. N.L. neut. adj. canaveralium, pertaining to (Cape) Canav eral, isolated from walls and floors of the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1P10AE; DSM 117987; MTCC 13670

Effective publication: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 66033
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