Species ***Corynebacterium* *freiburgense***

Name: Corynebacterium freiburgense Funke et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: frei.bur.gen’se. N.L. neut. adj. freiburgense, from Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany, named after the city where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1045; CCUG 56874; DSM 45254

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ157329 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Funke G, Frodl R, Bernard KA, Englert R. Corynebacterium freiburgense sp. nov., isolated from a wound obtained from a dog bite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2054-2057.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- 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.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Funke G, Frodl R, Bernard KA, Englert R. Corynebacterium freiburgense sp. nov., isolated from a wound obtained from a dog bite. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2054-2057.

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Species Corynebacterium freiburgense

Species ***Corynebacterium* *freiburgense***