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Species Microbacterium terrae

Name: Microbacterium terrae (Yokota et al. 1993) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Aureobacterium terrae Yokota et al. 1993

Etymology: ter’rae. L. fem. n. terra, soil; L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51476; CIP 103816; DSM 8610; IFO 15300; JCM 9176; LMG 16471; NBRC 15300; VKM Ac-1945

16S rRNA gene: Y17238 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Union of the genera Microbacterium Orla-Jensen and Aureobacterium Collins et al. in a redefined genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:739-747. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Lee et al. (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Microbacterium ketosireducens Takeuchi and Hatano 1998. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Four new Microbacterium species isolated from seaweeds and reclassification of five Microbacterium species with a proposal of Paramicrobacterium gen. nov. under a genome-based framework of the genus Microbacterium. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1299950. 🇰🇷
    • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
    • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 4 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Takeuchi M, Hatano K. Union of the genera Microbacterium Orla-Jensen and Aureobacterium Collins et al. in a redefined genus Microbacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:739-747. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 778065