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Species Microbacterium testaceum

Name: Microbacterium testaceum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Brevibacterium testaceum Komagata and Iizuka 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: tes.ta’ce.um. L. neut. adj. testaceum, brick-colored

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um tes-TA-ke-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15829; BCRC 12120; CCM 2299; CCRC 12120; CCUG 23849; CIP 104324; DSM 20166; IAM 1561; IFO 12675; IMET 10361; JCM 1353; LMG 16344; NBRC 12675; VKM Ac-1019

16S rRNA gene: X77445 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: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 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 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 45 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.

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: 778067