Name: Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fun’ke.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. funkei, of Funke, to honour the contributions of Guido Funke, a distinguished microbiologist, who recognized the heterogeneity within the yellow-pigmented coryneform bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-886; CCUG 50705; DSM 16025; JCM 14302; W6122

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH806391 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Romero LJ, McNeil MM. Characterization of clinical isolates previously identified as Oerskovia turbata: proposal of Cellulosimicrobium funkei sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Cellulosimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:801-804.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016. Publication: 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.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20989 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 34 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006 was previously identified as a strain of Oerskovia turbata (Erikson 1954) Prauser et al. 1970. Publication: Prauser H, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier H. Description of Oerskovia gen. n. to harbor Orskov's motile nocardia. Appl Microbiol 1970; 19:534.

Parent taxon: Cellulosimicrobium Schumann et al. 2001

Assigned by: Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Romero LJ, McNeil MM. Characterization of clinical isolates previously identified as Oerskovia turbata: proposal of Cellulosimicrobium funkei sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Cellulosimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:801-804.

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