Species ***Corynebacterium* *durum***

Name: Corynebacterium durum Riegel et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: du’rum. L. neut. adj. durum, hard

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 37331; CIP 105490; DSM 44351; DSM 45333; IBS G-15036; JCM 11948

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z97069 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Riegel P, Heller R, Prevost G, Jehl F, Monteil H. Corynebacterium durum sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1107-1111.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 20 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 pathogenicity 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Riegel P, Heller R, Prevost G, Jehl F, Monteil H. Corynebacterium durum sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1107-1111.

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Species Corynebacterium durum

Species ***Corynebacterium* *durum***