Name: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.ry.ne.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. fem. n. korynê, a club; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod, and in biology a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Corynebacterium, a club bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Corynebacteri-), ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacterionema Gilmour et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Turicella Funke et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Caseobacter Crombach 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Bernard et al. 2010 Bernard KA, Wiebe D, Burdz T, Reimer A, Ng B, Singh C, Schindle S, Pacheco AL. Assignment of Brevibacterium stationis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Breed 1953 to the genus Corynebacterium, as Corynebacterium stationis comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Corynebacterium to include isolates that can alkalinize citrate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:874-879. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 species from the genus.
  • Baek et al. 2018 Baek I, Kim M, Lee I, Na SI, Goodfellow M, Chun J. Phylogeny Trumps Chemotaxonomy: A Case Study Involving Turicella otitidis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:834. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Lehmann’s Medizin, Handatlanten X. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. 4. Auflage. J. F. Lehmann, Munchen, 1907.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Corynebacteriales Goodfellow and Jones 2015. Publication: Goodfellow M, Jones AL. Order V. Corynebacteriales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 235-243.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Corynebacterineae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Corynebacteriineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the family Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Waksman SA. Genus III. Actinomyces Harz,. In: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, p. 339-371.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the infraphylum "Actinobacteria" (Margulis 1974) Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Nocardioform" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the order Corynebacteriales Goodfellow and Jones 2015. Publication: Goodfellow M, Jones AL. Order V. Corynebacteriales ord. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, Suzuki K, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology vol. 5, 2nd edn., Springer, New York, 2012, p. 235-243.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Corynebacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1938) assigned this genus to the family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prevot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-230.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1940) assigned this genus to the family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the suborder Corynebacteriineae corrig. Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the family Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen, Auflage 2. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Agorynebacterium"; "Cafynebacterium"; "Calynebacterium"; "Canyncbacterium"; "Carjynebaclcrium"; "Carylwbacterium"; "Carynebacaerium"; "Carynebaccerium"; "Carynebaceerium"; "Carynebaclerium"; "Carynebacmrium"; "Carynebactcrium"; "Carynebacterium"; "Carynebaczerium"; "Carynebancerium"; "Carynebmmerium"; "Carynebmrterium"; "Caryrwbacterium"; "Caryrzebaczerium"; "Cbrynebacterium"; "Cdrynebacterium"; "Cerynebacterium"; "Chorynebacterium"; "Cirynebacterium"; "Cmyncbacterium"; "Cmynebaclerium"; "Cmynebactarium"; "Cmynebacterium"; "Cmynebucterium"; "Cnrynebaczerium"; "Coafnebacterium"; "Cocnebacterium"; "Cogmebacterium"; "Cohynobocterium"; "Coiynbacterium"; "Coiynebactcrium"; "Coiynebacterium"; "Coiynebacteriurn"; "Coiynebucterium"; "Coiynehacterium"; "Coiynehucterium"; "Colynebactenwn"; "Colynebacterium"; "Conjnebacterium"; "Conyncbacterium"; "Conyncbocterium"; "Conynebacterium"; "Corfynebacterium"; "Corgnebaclerium"; "Corijnebacterium"; "Corinebacterium"; "Corivrwbacterium"; "Coriwebacterium"; "Corjmebacterium"; "Corjnehacterium"; "Corjwbacterium"; "Corjwebacterium"; "Corjynebaczcrium"; "Cormvebacterium"; "Cornebacterium"; "Cornybacterium"; "Cornyebacterium"; "Cornynebacterium"; "Corpebncterium"; "Corqnebactcrium"; "Corvnebacferium"; "Corvnebacterium"; "Corwebacterium"; "Coryaebacterium"; "Coryebacrerium"; "Coryebacterium"; "Coryizehacterium"; "Coryllebaclcrium"; "Coryllebactcrium"; "Corylwbacterium"; "Corymabacterium"; "Corymsbacterium"; "Corymzbacrterium"; "Corynabaclerium"; "Corynabacterium"; "Corynabaczerium"; "Corynbacterium"; "Corynbebacterium"; "Coryncbabterium"; "Coryncbacicrium"; "Coryncbaclerium"; "Coryncbactarium"; "Coryncbactcrium"; "Coryncbacterium"; "Coryncbactorium"; "Coryncbaczerium"; "Coryncboctcrium"; "Coryncbuctcrium"; "Corynchacterium"; "Corynchucterium"; "Corynebaaerium"; "Corynebaaterium"; "Corynebacaerium"; "Corynebaccerium"; "Corynebacerium"; "Corynebacferium"; "Corynebacierium"; "Corynebaclcrium"; "Corynebaclerium"; "Corynebaclerlum"; "Corynebaclwrium"; "Corynebacmrium"; "Corynebacnerium"; "Corynebacrerium"; "Corynebacrterium"; "Corynebactcrium"; "Corynebacteiium"; "Corynebactenum"; "Corynebacter"; "Corynebacteriihii"; "Corynebacteriiim"; "Corynebacteriium"; "Corynebacterimum"; "Corynebacterioum"; "Corynebacteriuni"; "Corynebacteriura"; "Corynebacterlum"; "Corynebacterrum"; "Corynebactertum"; "Corynebacterum"; "Corynebacteryum"; "Corynebactetium"; "Corynebactorium"; "Corynebactreium"; "Corynebactrium"; "Corynebactterium"; "Corynebactwium"; "Corynebacwrium"; "Corynebaczcrium"; "Corynebaczerium"; "Corynebaderium"; "Corynebaectertum"; "Corynebaeterium"; "Corynebakterium"; "Corynebamerium"; "Corynebaoterium"; "Corynebaotezrium"; "Corynebarterium"; "Corynebaterium"; "Corynebavterium"; "Corynebavtvrium"; "Corynebcaterium"; "Corynebcicterium"; "Corynebncferium"; "Corynebncterium"; "Corynebnetorium"; "Corynebocterium"; "Corynebocterlum"; "Coryneboeterium"; "Coryneboetmum"; "Corynebooterium"; "Corynebrurterium"; "Corynebuclcrium"; "Corynebuctarium"; "Corynebuctcrium"; "Corynebucterium"; "Corynebzwterium"; "Corynehacterinm"; "Corynehacterium"; "Corynehacteriurn"; "Corynehacteriwm"; "Corynehactrrium"; "Corynehcrcaterium"; "Corynehucterium"; "Corynelmcterium"; "Corynelmeterium"; "Coryneobacterium"; "Corynnbacmrium"; "Corynobactcrium"; "Corynobacterium"; "Corynobaczerium"; "Corynobaeterium"; "Corynobaoterium"; "Corynobuoterium"; "Corynpbacterium"; "Corynrebacterium"; "Corynvbaclvrium"; "Corynybamerium"; "Coryrmbacterium"; "Coryrwbactcrium"; "Coryrwbacterium"; "Coryrxebacterium"; "Coryrzebacterium"; "Corytlebacterium"; "Corytwbacterium"; "Coryucbacterium"; "Coryuebacterium"; "Coryvlebacterium"; "Coryymbacwrium"; "Cotynebacterium"; "Cotynebactetium"; "Cotynehacterium"; "Cotyrzebacterium"; "Covynebacterium"; "Covynebactevium"; "Covynebucterium"; "Cownebacterium"; "Coynebacteiium"; "Coynebactenurn"; "Coynebacterium"; "Coyynebacterium"; "Curmbacterium"; "Curynabacterium"; "Curynchacterium"; "Curynebaccerium"; "Curynebactcrium"; "Curynebacterium"; "Curynebacwrium"; "Curynehacterium"; "Cwynebacterium"; "Imynebacterium"; "Jarynebaclerium"; "Jorynchacterium"; "Jorynebacterium"; "Jorynebacterum"; "Oorynebacterium"; "Tarynebacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Corynebacteria"; "Corynebacteriae".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jaen-Luchoro et al. (2023), Schaffert et al. (2021), Riegel et al. (1995), Bernard et al. (2016), Riegel et al. (1997). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 181; CCUG: 129; JCM: 117; CIP: 99; ATCC: 77; LMG: 66; NBRC: 44; NCTC: 35; IFO: 34; VKM: 22.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CNBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 See also Clark (1952). Publication: Clark FE. The Generic Classification of the Soil Corynebacteria. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1952; 2:45-56.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 168
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 194
Total number of child taxa: 261

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Corynebacterium accolens Neubauer et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium afermentans Riegel et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium agropyri" (O'Gara 1916) Burkholder 1948	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium alimapuense Claverías et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium alkanolyticum" Lee and Reichenbach 2006	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Collins 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium amycolatum Collins et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium anaerobium" Janbon et al. 1956	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium anserum Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium antarcticum Švec et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium appendicis Yassin et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium aquaticum" Leifson 1962	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium aquatimens Aravena-Román et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium aquilae Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium argentoratense Riegel et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium asperum" De Briel et al. 1992	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium atrinae Kim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium atypicum Hall et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium aurimucosum Yassin et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium auris Funke et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium auriscanis Collins et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium autotrophicum" Baumgarten et al. 1974	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    "Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Corynebacterium barkeri" Dias et al. 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium belfantii Dazas et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium betae Keyworth et al. 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium beticola Abdou 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium blattellae" Glaser 1930	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense" Lo et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense" Ndongo et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium bovis Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium breve Baer et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium callunae" Lee and Good 1963	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium callunae (Lee and Good 1963) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium camporealense corrig. Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium camporealensis Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1998	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Corynebacterium canis Funke et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium capitovis Collins et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium casei Brennan et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium caspium Collins et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium choanae Busse et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ciconiae Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium comes Schaffert et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium confusum Funke et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium conjunctivae" Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium coyleae Funke et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium crenatum" Chen and Li 1975	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium crudilactis Zimmermann et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium curieae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium cutis" Burkholder 1948	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum" Tokuyama and Kaneda 1973	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium cystitidis Yanagawa and Honda 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium defluvii" Yu et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium dentalis" Benabdelkader et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium deserti Zhou et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium doosanense Lee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium durum Riegel et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium efficiens Fudou et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium endometrii Ballas et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium epidermidicanis Frischmann et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium equi Magnusson 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium evansiae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium faecale Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Corynebacterium faecium Shamsuzzaman et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium falsenii Sjödén et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium fascians (Tilford 1936) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium felinum Collins et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium flavescens Barksdale et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium fournieri corrig. Diop et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium fournierii Diop et al. 2018	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Corynebacterium frankenforstense Wiertz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium freiburgense Funke et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium freneyi Renaud et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium gallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium gallinarum Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Corynebacterium genitalium (ex Furness and Evangelista 1976) Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium genitalium" Furness and Evangelista 1976	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium gerontici Busse et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium glaucum Yassin et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum Funke et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium glyciniphilum (ex Kubota et al. 1972) Al-Dilaimi et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium glycinophilum" Kubota et al. 1972	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium godavarianum Jani et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium gottingense Atasayar et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium granulosum" Prévot 1938	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium guangdongense Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium guaraldiae" De Oliveira-SantAnna et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium hadale Wei et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium haematomassiliense corrig. Boxberger et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium haemomassiliense Boxberger et al. 2025	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Corynebacterium halotolerans Chen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium hansenii Renaud et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium heidelbergense Braun et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium hemolyticum" Maclean et al. 1946	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium hesseae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium hindlerae Bernard et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium hiratae" de Oliveira Sant'Anna et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium hoagii (Morse 1912) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Corynebacterium humireducens Wu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus" Iizuka and Komagata 1964	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium hylobatis Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ihumii Padmanabhan et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ilicis Mandel et al. 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium imitans Funke et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium incognitum" Boxberger et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium infantisepticum" Potel 1951	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium insidiosum (McCulloch 1925) Jensen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium intestinale Shamsuzzaman et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Corynebacterium intestinavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Corynebacterium iranicum (ex Scharif 1961) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium jeddahense Edouard et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium kalidii Feng et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium kalinowskii Schaffert et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium kefirresidentii" Blasche et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii Collins et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium kutscheri (Migula 1900) Bergey et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lactis Wiertz et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium lactofermentum" Gubler et al. 1994	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium laevaniformans" Dias and Bhat 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium lehmanniae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lemuris Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium liangguodongii Zhu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lilium Lee and Good 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum Funke et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium lipophilum" Luo et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo 1960) Lanéelle et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium lizhenjunii Zhou et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lowii Bernard et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lubricantis Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium lujinxingii Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium macclintockiae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium macginleyi Riegel et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium marambiense Švec et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium marinum Du et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium maris Ben-Dov et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium marquesiae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium massiliense Merhej et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium mastitidis Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium matruchotii (Mendel 1919) Collins 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium mayonis Mohammed et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium mediolanum" Hauduroy et al. 1953	not validly published	synonym
    "Corynebacterium mediolanum" Bousfield 1972	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium megadyptis Nouioui et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium meitnerae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium melassecola" Collins et al. 1979	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium mendelii Koublová et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium meridianum Švec et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium michiganense (Smith 1910) Jensen 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium minutissimum (ex Sarkany et al. 1962) Collins and Jones 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium mooreparkense Brennan et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium mucifaciens Funke et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium mustelae Funke et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium mycetoides (ex Castellani 1942) Collins 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium nasicanis Baumgardt et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium nebraskense Vidaver and Mandel 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium neomassiliense Boxberger et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium nephridii" Büsing et al. 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium nigricans Shukla et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium nuruki Shin et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium occultum Schaffert et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium oculi Bernard et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium okanaganae" Luthy 1974	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium oortii Saaltink and Maas Geesteranus 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium otitidis (Funke et al. 1994) Baek et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium pacaense" Bellali et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium parakroppenstedtii Luo et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Corynebacterium parvulum" Nakamura et al. 1983	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium paurometabolum Steinhaus 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Corynebacterium pekinense" Chen et al. 1973	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium pelargi Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium periplanetae" Glaser 1930	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium phocae Pascual et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium phoceense" Cresci et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium pilbarense Aravena-Román et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium pilosum Yanagawa and Honda 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium poinsettiae (Starr and Pirone 1942) Burkholder 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium pollutisoli Negi et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium poyangense Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium propinquum Riegel et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium provencense" Lo et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Corynebacterium provencense" Ndongo et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium" Furness et al. 1979	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium (ex Furness et al. 1979) Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium pseudokroppenstedtii Luo et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium pseudopelargi Busse et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (Buchanan 1911) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium pygosceleis Švec et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium pyogenes (Glage 1903) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens Tong et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium qintianiae Zhou et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ramonii Crestani et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium rathayi (Smith 1913) Dowson 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium renale (Migula 1900) Ernst 1906 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium resistens Otsuka et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium rhinophilum Popowitch et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium riegelii Funke et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium rouxii Badell et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium rubrum" Crowle 1962	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium sanguinis Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium seminale Riegel et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Corynebacterium senegalense" Ndiaye et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Skaptason and Burkholder 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Corynebacterium silvaticum Dangel et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium simplex" Jensen 1934	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium simulans Wattiau et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium singulare Riegel et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium sphenisci Goyache et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium spheniscorum Goyache et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium sputi Yassin and Siering 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium stationis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bernard et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium stercoris Shamsuzzaman et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium striatum (Chester 1901) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium suedekumii Baer et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium suicordis Vela et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium sundsvallense Collins et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium suranareeae Nantapong et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium tapiri Baumgardt et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium tenuis" Crissey et al. 1953	not validly published	preferred name
    Corynebacterium terpenotabidum Takeuchi et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium testudinoris Collins et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium thermoaminogenes" Yamada and Seto 1987	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium thomssenii Zimmermann et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium timonense Merhej et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium trachiae Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium tritici (ex Hutchinson 1917) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum" Brown et al. 1984	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Feurer et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium tumescens" Jensen 1934	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium tuscaniae Riegel et al. 2006	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Corynebacterium tuscaniense corrig. Riegel et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium uberis Kittl et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ulcerans (ex Gilbert and Stewart 1927) Riegel et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ulceribovis Yassin 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium ureafaciens" Krebs and Eggleston 1939	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium urealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans Yassin 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum Niang et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum" Morand et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium urinipleomorphum corrig. Niang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium urogenitale Ballas et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium uropygiale Braun et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium uterequi Hoyles et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Corynebacterium vaginale" (Gardner and Dukes 1955) Zinnemann and Turner 1963	not validly published	synonym
    Corynebacterium variabile corrig. (Müller 1961) Collins 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium variabilis (Müller 1961) Collins 1987	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Corynebacterium vesiculare" Büsing et al. 1953	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
    Corynebacterium vitaeruminis corrig. (Bechdel et al. 1928) Lanéelle et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al. 1928) Lanéelle et al. 1980	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Corynebacterium wankanglinii Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium xerosis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium yonathiae Cappelli et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium yudongzhengii Zhu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Corynebacterium zhongnanshanii Zhang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Corynebacterium Lehmann & Neumann. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 381-408.

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