Name: Clavibacter nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Corynebacterium nebraskense Vidaver and Mandel 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ne.bras.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. nebraskensis, of or belonging to Nebraska

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ne-bras-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 27794; CCUG 38894; CIP 105362; DSM 7483; ICMP 3298; JCM 9666; LMG 3700; LMG 5627; LMG 7223; NCPPB 2581; VKM Ac-1404

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X77434 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Clavibacter nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Li et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. nebraskense (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Carlson and Vidaver 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis corrig. (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Davis et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Corynebacterium nebraskense Vidaver and Mandel 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clavibacter michiganense subsp. nebraskense (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Davis et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank
    Clavibacter nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Li et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskense (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Davis et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24342 (N = 58).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more (but still isn't preferred) in favour of Corynebacterium nebraskense Vidaver and Mandel 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Vidaver AK, Mandel M. Corynebacterium nebraskense, a new, orange-pigmented phytopathogenic species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:482-485. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Clavibacter nebraskensis (Vidaver and Mandel 1974) Li et al. 2018. Publication: Li X, Tambong J, Yuan KX, Chen W, Xu H, Levesque CA, De Boer SH. Re-classification of Clavibacter michiganensis subspecies on the basis of whole-genome and multi-locus sequence analyses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:234-240. 🇨🇦

Parent taxon: Clavibacter Davis et al. 1984

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 7143