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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Microbacterium mcarthurae

Name: Microbacterium mcarthurae Hill et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mcar’thu.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. mcarthurae, named in honor of NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, PhD (USA), current chief science officer at the Space Center Houston

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MKAR-thu-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: 1F8SW-P5; DSM 115934; NRRL B-65667

Effective publication: Hill MS, Minnis VR, Simpson AC, Salas Garcia MC, Bone D, Chung RK, Rushton E, Hameed A, Rekha PD, Gilbert JA, et al. Genomic description of Microbacterium mcarthurae sp. nov., a bacterium collected from the International Space Station that exhibits unique antimicrobial-resistant and virulent phenotype. mSystems 2025; 10:e0053725. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Hill MS, Minnis VR, Simpson AC, Salas Garcia MC, Bone D, Chung RK, Rushton E, Hameed A, Rekha PD, Gilbert JA, et al. Genomic description of Microbacterium mcarthurae sp. nov., a bacterium collected from the International Space Station that exhibits unique antimicrobial-resistant and virulent phenotype. mSystems 2025; 10:e0053725. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 65617
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