Species Microbacterium ketosireducens

Name: Microbacterium ketosireducens Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.to.si.re.du’cens. N.L. neut. n. ketosum, ketose; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and, in chemistry, converting to a reduced oxidation state; N.L. neut. part. adj. ketosireducens, ketose-reducing (deoxidizing)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um ke-to-si-re-DU-kens, neuter

Type strain: CIP 105732; DSM 12510; IFO 14548; JCM 12078; NBRC 14548; VKM Ac-2082

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16S rRNA gene: AB004724 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Proposal of six new species in the genus Microbacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham to the genus Microbacterium as Microbacterium maritypicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:973-982. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Microbacterium terrae (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microbacterium terrae (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Aureobacterium terrae Yokota et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Aureobacterium terrae Yokota et al. 1993. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Four new Microbacterium species isolated from seaweeds and reclassification of five Microbacterium species with a proposal of Paramicrobacterium gen. nov. under a genome-based framework of the genus Microbacterium. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1299950. 🇰🇷
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Microbacterium terrae (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Four new Microbacterium species isolated from seaweeds and reclassification of five Microbacterium species with a proposal of Paramicrobacterium gen. nov. under a genome-based framework of the genus Microbacterium. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1299950. 🇰🇷
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Microbacterium ketosireducens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Microbacterium.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11237 (N = 52).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Proposal of six new species in the genus Microbacterium and transfer of Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham to the genus Microbacterium as Microbacterium maritypicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:973-982. 🇯🇵

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Species Microbacterium ketosireducens