Species ***Microbacterium* *pygmaeum***

Name: Microbacterium pygmaeum Kageyama et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pyg.mae’um. L. neut. adj. pygmaeum, dwarf

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um pyg-MA͡E-um, neuter

Type strain: DSM 23142; JCM 15925; KV-490; NBRC 101800; NRRL B-24469

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB248875 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kageyama A, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Ōmura S, Takahashi Y. Microbacterium awajiense sp. nov., Microbacterium fluvii sp. nov. and Microbacterium pygmaeum sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2008; 22:1-5. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 124. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2471-2472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08419 (N = 55).
- 😷 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 0 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 risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Kageyama A, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Shizuri Y, Ōmura S, Takahashi Y. Microbacterium awajiense sp. nov., Microbacterium fluvii sp. nov. and Microbacterium pygmaeum sp. nov. Actinomycetologica 2008; 22:1-5. 🇯🇵

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Species Microbacterium pygmaeum

Species ***Microbacterium* *pygmaeum***