Name: Aeromicrobium erythreum Miller et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ry.thre.um. N.L. neut. adj. erythreum, intended to mean erythromycin-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51598; DSM 8599; IFO 15406; JCM 8359; LMG 16472; NBRC 15406; NRRL B-3381

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16S rRNA gene: AF005021 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miller ES, Woese CR, Brenner S. Description of the erythromycin-producing bacterium Arthrobacter sp. strain NRRL B-3381 as Aeromicrobium erythreum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:363-368.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:581.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aeromicrobium Miller et al. 1991. Publication: Miller ES, Woese CR, Brenner S. Description of the erythromycin-producing bacterium Arthrobacter sp. strain NRRL B-3381 as Aeromicrobium erythreum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:363-368.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aeromicrobium Miller et al. 1991

Assigned by: Miller ES, Woese CR, Brenner S. Description of the erythromycin-producing bacterium Arthrobacter sp. strain NRRL B-3381 as Aeromicrobium erythreum gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:363-368.

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