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Species Corynebacterium falsenii
Name: Corynebacterium falsenii Sjödén et al. 1998
Etymology: fal.sen’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. falsenii, of Falsen, to honor the Swedish microbiologist and taxonomist Enevold Falsen curator of the CCUG, for his lifelong contributions to bacterial taxonomy as well as for the systematic collection and characterization of prokaryotes
Type strain: CCUG 33651; CIP 105466; DSM 44353; JCM 11949
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
Y13024
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Sjoden B, Funke G, Izquierdo A, Akervall E, Collins MD. Description of some coryneform bacteria isolated from human clinical specimens as Corynebacterium falsenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:69-74. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 Corynebacterium falsenii Sjödén et al. 1998 was previously known as EF (Enevold Falsen) group 42 bacteria.
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.
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sjoden B, Funke G, Izquierdo A, Akervall E, Collins MD. Description of some coryneform bacteria isolated from human clinical specimens as Corynebacterium falsenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:69-74.
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Record number: 775182
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