Species Paramicrobacterium humi

Name: Paramicrobacterium humi (Young et al. 2010) Lee et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Microbacterium humi Young et al. 2010

Etymology: hu’mi. L. gen. fem. n. humi, of earth, soil, of soil, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pa-ra-mi-kro-bak-TE-ri-um HU-mi, neuter

Type strain: CC 12309; CCM 7687; DSM 21799

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16S rRNA gene: FJ865215 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 humi Young et al. 2010

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microbacterium humi Young et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paramicrobacterium humi 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 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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