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Species Microbacterium gubbeenense

Name: Microbacterium gubbeenense Brennan et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: gub.bee.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. gubbeenense, of Gubbeen House, Ireland, where the cheese containing the organism is produced [probably better: gubbeense]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um gub-bee-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: DPC 5286; DSM 15944; DSM 24532; JCM 12075; LMG S-19263; NBRC 103073; NCIMB 30129

16S rRNA gene: AF263563 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Brennan NM, Brown R, Goodfellow M, Ward AC, Beresford TP, Vancanneyt M, Cogan TM, Fox PF. Microbacterium gubbeenense sp. nov., from the surface of a smear-ripened cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1969-1976. 🇮🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Emendations:
    • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
      Notes:
      • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
  • Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01676 (N = 56).
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Brennan NM, Brown R, Goodfellow M, Ward AC, Beresford TP, Vancanneyt M, Cogan TM, Fox PF. Microbacterium gubbeenense sp. nov., from the surface of a smear-ripened cheese. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1969-1976. 🇮🇪

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Record number: 778038