Brevibacterium iodinum

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
Synonyms[1]
"Arthrobacter iodinum" Colwell et al. 1969 "Chromobacterium iodinum" Davis 1939 "Pseudomonas iodina" Tobie 1939 "Pseudomonas iodinum" Tobie 1945