Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microbacterium laevaniformans

Name: Microbacterium laevaniformans (ex Dias and Bhat 1962) Collins et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: lae.va.ni.for.mans. N.L. neut. n. laevanum, laevan, levan polysaccharide; L. pres. part. formans, forming; N.L. part. adj. laevaniformans, levan forming

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15953; CIP 100934; DSM 20140; IFO 14471; JCM 9181; NBRC 14471; NCIB 9659; NCIMB 9659; VKM Ac-1138

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y17234 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Collins MD, Jones D, Kroppenstedt RM. Reclassification of Brevibacterium imperiale (Steinhaus) and "Corynebacterium laevaniformans" (Dias and Bhat) in a Redefined Genus Microbacterium (Orla-Jensen), as Microbacterium imperiale comb. nov. and Microbacterium laevaniformans nom. rev.; comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:65-78.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Jones D, Kroppenstedt RM. Reclassification of Brevibacterium imperiale (Steinhaus) and "Corynebacterium laevaniformans" (Dias and Bhat) in a Redefined Genus Microbacterium (Orla-Jensen), as Microbacterium imperiale comb. nov. and Microbacterium laevaniformans nom. rev.; comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:65-78.

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Record number: 778049
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