Species ***Corynebacterium* *caspium***

Name: Corynebacterium caspium Collins et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cas.pi’um. N.L. neut. adj. caspium, belonging to the Caspian Sea, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a Caspian seal

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 44566; CIP 107965; DSM 44850; JCM 13387; M/106/00/5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ566641 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium caspium sp. nov., from a Caspian seal (Phoca caspica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:925-928.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

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.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium caspium sp. nov., from a Caspian seal (Phoca caspica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:925-928.

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Species Corynebacterium caspium

Species ***Corynebacterium* *caspium***