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Name: "Micrococcus glutamicus" Kinoshita et al. 1958

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: glu.ta’mi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. glutamicus, referring to glutamic acid, on which the bacterium grows

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KOK-kus glu-TA-mi-kus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13032; CCUG 27702; CIP 82.08; DSM 20300; HAMBI 2052; IFO 12168; JCM 1318; LMG 3730; NBRC 12168; NRRL B-2784

16S rRNA gene: AF314192 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Kinoshita S, Nakayama S, Akita S. Taxonomic study of glutamic acid accumulating bacteria, Micrococcus glutamicus, nov. sp. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1958; 22:176-185.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

  • Notes:
    • ⏰ According to Liebl et al. (1991), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium lilium Lee and Good 1963 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liebl W, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Brevibacterium divaricatum DSM 20297T, "Brevibacterium flavum" DSM 20411, "Brevibacterium lactofermentum" DSM 20412 and DSM 1412, and Corynebacterium glutamicum and their distinction by rRNA gene restriction patterns. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:255-260. 🇩🇪
    • ⏰ According to Liebl et al. (1991), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Brevibacterium divaricatum Su and Yamada 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liebl W, Ehrmann M, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH. Transfer of Brevibacterium divaricatum DSM 20297T, "Brevibacterium flavum" DSM 20411, "Brevibacterium lactofermentum" DSM 20412 and DSM 1412, and Corynebacterium glutamicum and their distinction by rRNA gene restriction patterns. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:255-260. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kinoshita S, Nakayama S, Akita S. Taxonomic study of glutamic acid accumulating bacteria, Micrococcus glutamicus, nov. sp. Bulletin of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1958; 22:176-185.

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Record number: 3915