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Species Corynebacterium flavescens
Name: Corynebacterium flavescens Barksdale et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. neut. part. adj. flavescens, becoming yellow
Pronunciation, gender: fla-WES-kens, neuter
Type strain: 8 of Orla-Jensen; ATCC 10340; CCUG 28791; CIP 69.5; DSM 20296; IFO 14136; JCM 1317; LMG 4046; NBRC 14136; NCCB 42012; NCIB 8707; NCIMB 8707; VKM Ac-1956
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X84441
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Barksdale L, Lanéelle M-A, Pollice MC, Asselineau J, Welby M, Norgard MV. Biological and chemical basis for the reclassification of Microbacterium flavum Orla-Jensen as Corynebacterium flavescens comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:222-233. 
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)
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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.
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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 risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 16 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 genus.
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🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the author's name Lanéelle is erroneously cited as Leneelle (sic) in the reference "International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1979, 29, 222-233". Original article in IJSEM Online.
Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Barksdale L, Lanéelle M-A, Pollice MC, Asselineau J, Welby M, Norgard MV. Biological and chemical basis for the reclassification of Microbacterium flavum Orla-Jensen as Corynebacterium flavescens comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:222-233.
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Record number: 775189
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