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Species Corynebacterium fournieri

Name: Corynebacterium fournieri corrig. Diop et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: four.nie’ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. fournieri, in honour of the French scientist Pierre-Edouard Fournier for his outstanding contributions to medical microbiology and taxonomy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um four-NIE-ri, neuter

Type strain: CSUR P2948; DSM 103271; Marseille P2948

16S rRNA gene: LT576414 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Diop K, Nguyen TT, Delerce J, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Corynebacterium fournierii sp. nov., isolated from the female genital tract of a patient with bacterial vaginosis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1165-1174. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Diop K, Nguyen TT, Delerce J, Armstrong N, Raoult D, Bretelle F, Fenollar F. Corynebacterium fournierii sp. nov., isolated from the female genital tract of a patient with bacterial vaginosis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1165-1174. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 797970