Species ***Corynebacterium* *accolens***

Name: Corynebacterium accolens Neubauer et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ac’co.lens. L. v. accolo, to dwell by or near, be a neighbor to; N.L. neut. part. adj. accolens, dwelling by or near

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um AK-ko-lens, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49725; CCUG 28779; CIP 104783; CNCTC Th 1/57; DSM 44278; JCM 8331; NCTC 14277

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ439346 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Neubauer M, Sourek J, Ryc M, Bohacek J, Mara M, Mnukova J. Corynebacterium accolens sp. nov., a gram-positive rod exhibiting satellitism, from clinical material. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:46-51.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 37. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:331.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 47 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Corynebacterium accolens Neubauer et al. 1991 was previously known as CDC coryneform group G-1. Publication: Coyle MB, Lipsky BA. Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev 1990; 3:227-246.

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

Assigned by: Neubauer M, Sourek J, Ryc M, Bohacek J, Mara M, Mnukova J. Corynebacterium accolens sp. nov., a gram-positive rod exhibiting satellitism, from clinical material. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:46-51.

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Species Corynebacterium accolens

Species ***Corynebacterium* *accolens***