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Species Microbacterium oxydans
Name: Microbacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) Schumann et al. 1999
Basonym: Brevibacterium oxydans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: o.xy’dans. N.L. v. oxydo, to oxidize; from Gr. masc. adj. oxys, sour, acid; N.L. neut. part. adj. oxydans, oxidizing
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-KSY-dans, neuter
Type strain: CIP 66.12; DSM 20578; IFO 15586; JCM 12414; NBRC 15586; NCIB 9944; NCIMB 9944; VKM Ac-2116
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OR801634
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Schumann P, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E, Weiss N. Reclassification of Brevibacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) as Microbacterium oxydans comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:175-177. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Brevibacterium oxydans Chatelain and Second 1966 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 😷 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 2023-10-29. 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 64 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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:
Schumann P, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E, Weiss N. Reclassification of Brevibacterium oxydans (Chatelain and Second 1966) as Microbacterium oxydans comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:175-177. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 778056
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