Brevibacterium iodinum
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| Brevibacterium iodinum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Micrococcales |
| Family: | Brevibacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Brevibacterium |
| Species: | B. iodinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Brevibacterium iodinum (ex Davis 1939) Collins et al. 1981[1]
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| 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 | |
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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[edit]
- ^ a b Collins MD, Jones D, Keddie RM, Sneath PHA. (1980). "Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a redefined genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom. rev.; comb. nov". J. Gen. Microbiol. 120: 1–10. doi:10.1099/00221287-120-1-1.
- ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Brevibacterium iodinum". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ S., Antoniou (1997). "Brevibacterium iodinum Peritonitis Associated with Acute Urticaria in a CAPD Patient" (PDF). Peritoneal Dialysis International: Journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis. 17 (6). pdiconnect.com: 614–5. doi:10.1177/089686089701700617. PMID 9655165. S2CID 13607005. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
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