title: Classification of some coryneform bacteria in a new genus Aureobacterium.
abstract: Chemical, biochemical and morphological data indicate a close relationship between the taxa "Microbacterium liquefaciens", Arthrobacter flavescens, Arthrobacter terregens, "Corynebacterium barkeri", Curtobacterium saperdae and Curtobacterium testaceum. It is proposed that the above taxa be reclassified in a new genus Aureobacterium, as Aureobacterium liquefaciens nom. rev., comb. nov.; Aureobacterium flavescens comb. nov.; Aureobacterium terregens comb. nov.; Aureobacterium barkeri nom. rev., comb. nov.; Aureobacterium saperdae comb. nov. and Aureobacterium testaceum comb. nov. respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT, U.K.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Keddie
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kroppenstedt
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Schleifer