Species Corynebacterium glaucum

Name: Corynebacterium glaucum Yassin et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glau’cum. L. neut. adj. glaucum, bluish, light-grey, pertaining to the appearance of colonies

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

Type strain: DSM 44530; IMMIB R-5091; JCM 12208; NRRL B-24142

16S rRNA gene: AJ431634 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Kroppenstedt RM, Ludwig W. Corynebacterium glaucum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:705-709. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

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: Yassin AF, Kroppenstedt RM, Ludwig W. Corynebacterium glaucum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:705-709. 🇩🇪

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