Species ***Corynebacterium* *atypicum***

Name: Corynebacterium atypicum Hall et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.typ’i.cum. N.L. neut. adj. atypicum, not typical, referring to the absence of corynomycolic acids, a feature normally present in corynebacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 45804; CIP 107431; DSM 44849; JCM 12368; R2070

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ441057 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Lawson PA, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Corynebacterium atypicum sp. nov., from a human clinical source, does not contain corynomycolic acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1065-1068.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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.

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

Assigned by: Hall V, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Lawson PA, Falsen E, Duerden BI. Corynebacterium atypicum sp. nov., from a human clinical source, does not contain corynomycolic acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1065-1068.

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Species Corynebacterium atypicum

Species ***Corynebacterium* *atypicum***