%0 Journal Article %A Stackebrandt, Erko %A Schumann, Peter %A Swiderski, Jolantha %A Weiss, Norbert %T Reclassification of Brevibacterium incertum (Breed 1953) as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov. %D 1999 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 49 %N 1 %P 185-188 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-1-185 %K Desemzia incertz %K 16S rDNA analysis %I Microbiology Society, %X Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA indicates that Brevibacterium incertum is not a member of the genus Brevibacterium but related to species of the genus Carnobacterium. Hence, Brevibacterium incertum is not a member of the class Acrinobactena but belongs to the phylogenetically defined broad Bacillus-Lactobacillus cluster. Based upon properties that taxonomically clearly distinguishes Brevibacterium incertum from species of the phylogenetic sister genus Carnobacterium, Brevibacterium incertum is reclassified as Desemzia incerta gen. nov., comb. nov. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-49-1-185