Name: Paramicrobacterium chengjingii (Zhou et al. 2021) Lee et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Microbacterium chengjingii Zhou et al. 2021

Etymology: cheng.jing’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. chengjingii, of Professor Jing Cheng, a famous medical biophysics expert, for his important achievements and innovations in the research of biochips

Pronunciation, gender: k^hen͡g-JIN͡G-i-i, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.17468; GDMCC 1.1951; HY60; KACC 22102

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN559933 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 217. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Microbacterium chengjingii Zhou et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbacterium chengjingii Zhou et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paramicrobacterium chengjingii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paramicrobacterium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-10.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Paramicrobacterium Lee et al. 2024

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 49289