Species Corynebacterium felinum

Name: Corynebacterium felinum Collins et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fe.li’num. L. neut. adj. felinum, pertaining to cats

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um fe-LI-num, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 39943; CIP 106740; DSM 44508; JCM 12103; M714/95/5

16S rRNA gene: AJ401282 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1349-1352. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1349-1352. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 775184

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