Name: Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum Takeuchi et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.con.glo.me.ra.tum. Gr. prep. para, alongside of, like; N.L. neut. perf. part. conglomeratum, specific epithet of Brachybacterium conglomeratum; N.L. neut. part. adj. paraconglomeratum, resembling Brachybacterium conglomeratum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51843; CIP 103334; DSM 46341; IEGM 404; IFO 15224; JCM 11649; LMG 19861; NBRC 15224; NCIB 9861; NCIMB 9861; VKM Ac-1425

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16S rRNA gene: AJ415377 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Fang CX, Yokota A. Taxonomic study of the genus Brachybacterium: proposal of Brachybacterium conglomeratum sp. nov., nom. rev., Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum sp. nov., and Brachybacterium rhamnosum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:160-168.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Brachybacterium Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Takeuchi M, Fang CX, Yokota A. Taxonomic study of the genus Brachybacterium: proposal of Brachybacterium conglomeratum sp. nov., nom. rev., Brachybacterium paraconglomeratum sp. nov., and Brachybacterium rhamnosum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1995; 45:160-168.

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