Species ***Corynebacterium* *singulare***

Name: Corynebacterium singulare Riegel et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sin.gu.la’re. L. neut. adj. singulare, single, unique, remarkable

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 37330; CIP 105491; DSM 44357; IBS B-52218; IFO 16162; JCM 10385; NBRC 16162

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y10999 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Riegel P, Ruimy R, Renaud FN, Freney J, Prevost G, Jehl F, Christen R, Monteil H. Corynebacterium singulare sp. nov., a new species for urease-positive strains related to Corynebacterium minutissimum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1092-1096.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Riegel P, Ruimy R, Renaud FN, Freney J, Prevost G, Jehl F, Christen R, Monteil H. Corynebacterium singulare sp. nov., a new species for urease-positive strains related to Corynebacterium minutissimum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1092-1096.

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Species Corynebacterium singulare

Species ***Corynebacterium* *singulare***