Name:Microbacteriumparaoxydans Laffineur et al. 2003
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology:pa.ra.o’xy.dans.Gr. prep.para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. pres. part.oxydans, a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. neut. part. adj.paraoxydans, like (Microbacterium) oxydans, because the organism resembles to Microbacterium oxydans
Effective publication:
Laffineur K, Avesani V, Cornu G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Wauters G, Delmee M. Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:2242-2246. 🇧🇪
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Risk group:
1
Emendations:
Buczolits et al. 2008
Buczolits S, Schumann P, Valens M, Rossello-Mora R, Busse HJ. Identification of a bacterial strain isolated from the liver of a laboratory mouse as Microbacterium paraoxydans and emended description of the species Microbacterium paraoxydans Laffineur et al 2003. Indian J Microbiol 2008; 48:243-251. 🇦🇹
Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 10. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1559-1560.
Notes:
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05287 (N = 55).
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 44 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.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. 🇩🇪
Assigned by:
Laffineur K, Avesani V, Cornu G, Charlier J, Janssens M, Wauters G, Delmee M. Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:2242-2246. 🇧🇪
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