Species ***Corynebacterium* *genitalium***

Name: Corynebacterium genitalium (ex Furness and Evangelista 1976) Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ge.ni.ta’li.um. L. neut. pl. n. genitalia, eium, the genitals; L. gen. neut. pl. n. genitalium, of the genitals

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33030; CCM 9178; CCUG 38989; DSM 113155; Furness 392-1; LMG 16713; NCTC 11859

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84253 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jaen-Luchoro D, Al-Shaer S, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Gonzales-Siles L, Cardew S, Jensie-Markopolous S, Ohlen M, Inganas E, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, et al. Corynebacterium genitalium sp. nov., nom. rev. and Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov., nom. rev., two old species of the genus Corynebacterium described from clinical and environmental samples. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:103987.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Corynebacterium genitalium" Furness and Evangelista 1976	homotypic synonym, not validly published

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 Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Jaen-Luchoro D, Al-Shaer S, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Gonzales-Siles L, Cardew S, Jensie-Markopolous S, Ohlen M, Inganas E, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, et al. Corynebacterium genitalium sp. nov., nom. rev. and Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov., nom. rev., two old species of the genus Corynebacterium described from clinical and environmental samples. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:103987.

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Record number: 37233

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Species Corynebacterium genitalium

Species ***Corynebacterium* *genitalium***