Name: Clavibacter tessellarius (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Li et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. tessellarius Carlson and Vidaver 1982

Etymology: tes.sel.la’ri.us. L. masc. n. tessellarius, a mosaic stone maker

Pronunciation, gender: tes-sel-LA-ri-us, masculine

Type strain: 78181; ATCC 33566; CCUG 38896; CIP 105364; DSM 20741; ICMP 7221; JCM 9668; LMG 7294; NCPPB 3664; PDDCC 7221; VKM Ac-1406

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT758046 Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. tessellarius Carlson and Vidaver 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Clavibacter michiganense subsp. tessellarius (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Davis et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling, distinct rank
    Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. tessellarius corrig. (Carlson and Vidaver 1982) Davis et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Clavibacter Davis et al. 1984

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 798142