Name: Millisia brevis Soddell et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short, denoting the formation of short, branched rods

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 44463; J81; JCM 13999; NRRL B-24424

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY534742 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Soddell JA, Stainsby FM, Eales KL, Kroppenstedt RM, Seviour RJ, Goodfellow M. Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:739-744.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Millisia Soddell et al. 2006. Publication: Soddell JA, Stainsby FM, Eales KL, Kroppenstedt RM, Seviour RJ, Goodfellow M. Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:739-744.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Millisia Soddell et al. 2006

Assigned by: Soddell JA, Stainsby FM, Eales KL, Kroppenstedt RM, Seviour RJ, Goodfellow M. Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:739-744.

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