Species ***Corynebacterium* *coyleae***

Name: Corynebacterium coyleae Funke et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coy’le.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. coyleae, of Coyle, to honor the American microbiologist Marie B. Coyle for her contributions to the clinical microbiology of coryneform bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um KOY-le-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700219; CCUG 38194; CIP 104919; DMMZ 214; DSM 44184; JCM 10381

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16S rRNA gene: X96497 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Funke G, Ramos CP, Collins MD. Corynebacterium coyleae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:92-96. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 12 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 In the paper by Funke et al., the type strain CCUG 38194 is erroneously cited as CCUG 35014. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Funke G, Ramos CP, Collins MD. Corynebacterium coyleae sp. nov., isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:92-96. 🇨🇭

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Species Corynebacterium coyleae

Species ***Corynebacterium* *coyleae***