Species ***Microbacterium* *endophyticum***

Name: Microbacterium endophyticum Alves et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.cum. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. endophyticum, within plant, referring to the endophytic nature of the strains and their isolation from plant tissues

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-do-P^HY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8354; DSM 27099; PA15

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ920264 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Alves A, Correia A, Igual JM, Trujillo ME. Microbacterium endophyticum sp. nov. and Microbacterium halimionae sp. nov., endophytes isolated from the salt-marsh plant Halimione portulacoides and emended description of the genus Microbacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:474-479. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 162. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:741-744.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08650 (N = 34).
- 😷 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 1 time 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.

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

Assigned by: Alves A, Correia A, Igual JM, Trujillo ME. Microbacterium endophyticum sp. nov. and Microbacterium halimionae sp. nov., endophytes isolated from the salt-marsh plant Halimione portulacoides and emended description of the genus Microbacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:474-479. 🇵🇹

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Species Microbacterium endophyticum

Species ***Microbacterium* *endophyticum***