Open AccessReclassification of Brevibacterium incertum (Breed 1953) as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov.
Author(s) -
Erko Stackebrandt,
Peter Schümann,
Jolantha Swiderski,
Norbert Weiss
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-49-1-185
Subject(s) - biology , brevibacterium , genus , phylogenetic tree , zoology , bacteria , genetics , microorganism , gene
Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA indicates that Brevibacterium incertum is not a member of the genus Brevibacterium but related to species of the genus Carnobacterium. Hence, Brevibacterium incertum is not a member of the class Actinobacteria but belongs to the phylogenetically defined broad Bacillus-Lactobacillus cluster. Based upon properties that taxonomically clearly distinguishes Brevibacterium incertum from species of the phylogenetic sister genus Carnobacterium, Brevibacterium incertum is reclassified as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov.