Reclassification of Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) in a Redefined Genus Brevibacterium (Breed) as Brevibacterium iodinum nom.rev.; comb.nov.

Abstract

Chromobacterium iodinum (Davis) differs to such an extent from the type species of Chromo- bacterium, Chr. violaceum (Bergonzini), that it cannot be retained in this genus. Chemical, morphological and numerical phenetic data indicate a close relationship between Chr. iodinum and the species Brevibacterium linens (Wolff, Breed). It is suggested that Chr. iodinum be reclassified in a redefined genus Brevibacterium as B. iodinum (Davis) nom.rev. ; corn b .nov