Name: Calymmatobacterium granulomatis Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu.lo’ma.tis. L. neut. dim. n. granulum, a small grain; N.L. neut. n. granuloma, a granuloma; N.L. gen. neut. n. granulomatis, of a granuloma

Pronunciation, gender: gra-nu-LO-ma-tis, neuter

Type strain: due to difficulties encountered in the storage of Klebsiella granulomatis, no type culture is currently available; no strain extant

16S rRNA gene: AF009171 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Aragão H, Vianna G. Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro 1913; 5:211-238.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Klebsiella granulomatis (Aragão and Vianna 1913) Carter et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Aragão H, Vianna G. Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro 1913; 5:211-238.
  • ❗ Calymmatobacterium granulomatis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Calymmatobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 40 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 This name was treated in Judicial Opinion 7. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 14. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1954; 4:156-158.

Parent taxon: Calymmatobacterium Aragão and Vianna 1913 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aragão H, Vianna G. Resquizas sobre o Granuloma venereo. (Untersuchungen über das Granuloma venereum). Memorias do Instututo Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro 1913; 5:211-238.

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Record number: 783583