Species ***Corynebacterium* *cystitidis***

Name: Corynebacterium cystitidis Yanagawa and Honda 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cys.ti’ti.dis. Gr. fem. n. kystis, bladder; N.L. fem. n. cystitis, cystitis; N.L. gen. fem. n. cystitidis, of cystitis

Pronunciation, gender: kys-TI-ti-dis, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29593; CCUG 28794; CIP 103424; DSM 20524; IFO 15284; JCM 3715; NBRC 15284; NCTC 11863

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84252 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yanagawa R, Honda E. Corynebacterium pilosum and Corynebacterium cystitidis, two new species from cows. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:209-216.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

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 risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 8 times 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Yanagawa R, Honda E. Corynebacterium pilosum and Corynebacterium cystitidis, two new species from cows. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:209-216.

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Record number: 775177

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Species Corynebacterium cystitidis

Species ***Corynebacterium* *cystitidis***