Species ***Corynebacterium* *ammoniagenes***

Name: Corynebacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Collins 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium ammoniagenes" Cooke and Keith 1927

Etymology: am.mo.ni.a.ge.nes. N.L. fem. n. ammonia, ammonia; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. ammoniagenes, ammonia-producing [probably better: ammoniigenes]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 6871; CCUG 38796; CIP 101283; DSM 20306; IFO 12612; JCM 1305; NBRC 12612; NCCB 60030; NCIB 8143; NCIMB 8143; VKM B-672

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84440 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD. Transfer of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith) to the genus Corynebacterium as Corynebacterium ammoniagenes comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:442-443.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacterium ammoniagenes" Cooke and Keith 1927	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Brevibacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith 1927) Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

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

Assigned by: Collins MD. Transfer of Brevibacterium ammoniagenes (Cooke and Keith) to the genus Corynebacterium as Corynebacterium ammoniagenes comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:442-443.

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Species Corynebacterium ammoniagenes

Species ***Corynebacterium* *ammoniagenes***