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Species Microbacterium immunditiarum

Name: Microbacterium immunditiarum Krishnamurthi et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: im.mun.di.ti.a’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. immunditiarum, of dirt, filth, mires, refuse, reflecting isolation of the type strain from a municipal landfill site

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um im-mun-di-ti-A-rum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 24662; JCM 14034; MTCC 7185; SK 18

16S rRNA gene: DQ119293 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Schumann P, Dastager SG, Tang SK, Li WJ, Chakrabarti T. Microbacterium immunditiarum sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from landfill surface soil, and emended description of the genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2187-2193. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • 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 0.09380 (N = 52).
    • 😷 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 5 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: Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Schumann P, Dastager SG, Tang SK, Li WJ, Chakrabarti T. Microbacterium immunditiarum sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from landfill surface soil, and emended description of the genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2187-2193. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 790144