Biology:Brevibacterium iodinum

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Short description: Species of bacterium


Brevibacterium iodinum
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Micrococcales
Family: Brevibacteriaceae
Genus: Brevibacterium
Species:
B. iodinum
Binomial name
Brevibacterium iodinum
(ex Davis 1939) Collins et al. 1981[1]
Type strain
ATCC 49514[2]
BCRC 12216
CCRC 12216
DSM 20626
IFO 15230
IMET 10995
JCM 2591
KCTC 3083
NBRC 15230
NCDO 613
NCIMB 700613
NCTC 12955
NRRL B-1717
VKM Ac-2106
Synonyms[1]
  • "Arthrobacter iodinum" Colwell et al. 1969
  • "Chromobacterium iodinum" Davis 1939
  • "Pseudomonas iodina" Tobie 1939
  • "Pseudomonas iodinum" Tobie 1945

Brevibacterium iodinum is a Gram-positive soil bacterium. It can often be found among the normal cutaneous flora of healthy people, particularly in humid environments, and is only very rarely involved in opportunistic infections. It is also suspected to be a cause of foot odor.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a redefined genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom. rev.; comb. nov.". J. Gen. Microbiol. 120: 1–10. 1980. doi:10.1099/00221287-120-1-1. 
  2. "Brevibacterium iodinum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/brevibacterium-iodinum. 
  3. S., Antoniou (1997). "Brevibacterium iodinum Peritonitis Associated with Acute Urticaria in a CAPD Patient". Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis (pdiconnect.com) 17 (6): 614–5. doi:10.1177/089686089701700617. PMID 9655165. http://www.pdiconnect.com/cgi/reprint/17/6/614.pdf. Retrieved 31 March 2011. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4962548 entry