Suborder Corynebacterineae
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Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997, subord. nov.
Type genus: ¤ Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Corynebacterium, type genus of the suborder; suff. -ineae, ending to denote a suborder; N.L. fem. pl. n. Corynebacterineae, the Corynebacterium suborder.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WARD-RAINEY (N.L.): Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 479-491.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997 emend. Zhi et al. 2009.
Type genus: ¤ Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. Corynebacterium, type genus of the suborder; suff. -ineae, ending to denote a suborder; N.L. fem. pl. n. Corynebacterineae, the Corynebacterium suborder.
Reference: ZHI (X.Y.), LI (W.J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 589-608.
Original article in IJSEM Online
