With the exception of A. resistens, Aureobacterium spp. have been reclassified as members of the genus Microbacterium. The name A. resistens (which is vancomycin-resistent) was validly after other Aureobacterium spp. were reclassified as Microbacterium spp.

Aureobacterium isolates have been misidentified as "Corynebacterium aquaticum"

References - Funke, G., Lawson, P.A., Nolte, F.S., Weiss, N., Collins, M.D. (1998). Aureobacterium resistens sp. nov., exhibiting vancomycin resistance and teicoplanin susceptibility. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 158, 89-93. - Nolte, F.S., Arnold, K.E., Sweat, H., Winton, E.F., Funke, G. (1996). Vancomycin-resistant Aureobacterium species cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. J. clin. Microbiol. 34, 1992-1994.

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