Species ***Corynebacterium* *crudilactis***

Name: Corynebacterium crudilactis Zimmermann et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cru.di.lac’tis. L. masc. adj. crudus, raw; L. neut. n. lac (gen. lactis), milk; N.L. gen. neut. n. crudilactis, of raw milk

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kru-di-LAK-tis, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 69192; DSM 100882; JZ16; LMG 29813

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR534194 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zimmermann J, Ruckert C, Kalinowski J, Lipski A. Corynebacterium crudilactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow's milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5288-5293. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). 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: Zimmermann J, Ruckert C, Kalinowski J, Lipski A. Corynebacterium crudilactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow's milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5288-5293. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 794878

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Species Corynebacterium crudilactis

Species ***Corynebacterium* *crudilactis***