Name: Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cu.ti.bac.te’ri.um. L. gen. fem. n. cutis, skin (gen. cutis); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Cutibacterium, a skin bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cutibacteri-), ku-ti-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Scholz CF, Kilian M. The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4422-4432. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Dekio et al. 2019 Dekio I, McDowell A, Sakamoto M, Tomida S, Ohkuma M. Proposal of new combination, Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Cutibacterium, Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes and Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1087-1092. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Douglas HC, Gunter SE. The Taxonomic Position of Corynebacterium acnes. J Bacteriol 1946; 52:15-23.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gilchrist TC. A bacteriological and microscopical study of over three hundred vesicular and pustular lesions of the skin, with a research upon the etiology of Acne vulgaris. Johns Hopkins Hospital Report 1900; 9:409-430.
  • 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Cutibacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Dekio et al. (2020). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10231 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 4; CCUG: 4; CIP: 3; NCTC: 3; ATCC: 3; LMG: 2; KCTC: 1; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium avidum (Eggerth 1935) Scholz and Kilian 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium equinum Yun et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium granulosum (Prévot 1938) Scholz and Kilian 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium modestum Dekio et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium namnetense (Aubin et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium nasicola Xie et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cutibacterium porci Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Scholz CF, Kilian M. The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4422-4432. 🇩🇰

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