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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

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***