Brevibacterium iodinum
Species of bacterium
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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]
| Brevibacterium iodinum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| 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 | |
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The bacterium produces the antibacterial iodinin.[4]
