Scientific name Brevibacterium Rank Genus | Suborder Micrococcineae Higher classification Brevibacteriaceae | |
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Family BrevibacteriaceaeBreed 1953 Similar Bacteria, Arthrobacter, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Microbacterium, Micrococcus | ||
Brevibacterium is a genus of bacteria of the order Actinomycetales. They are Gram-positive soil organisms. It is the sole genus in the family Brevibacteriaceae.
Note: Brevibacterium stationis may now be re-classified as Corynebacterium stationis.
Brevibacterium linens is ubiquitously present on the human skin, where it causes foot odor. The familiar odor is due to sulphur containing compounds known as S-methyl thioesters. The same bacterium is also employed to ferment several cheeses such as Munster, Limburger, Port-du-Salut, Raclette, Livarot, Pont l'Eveque and Năsal. Its aroma also attracts mosquitoes.
The first comprehensive proteomic reference map of B. linens was recently published
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