Name:Corynebacteriumglucuronolyticum Funke et al. 1995
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:
glu.cu.ro.no.ly.ti.cum. N.L. neut. n.acidum glucuronicum, glucuronic acid; N.L. neut. adj.lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj.lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj.glucuronolyticum, cleaving b-glucuronic acid
Effective publication:
Funke G, Bernard KA, Bucher C, Pfyffer GE, Collins MD. Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum sp. nov. isolated from male patients with genitourinary infections. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1995; 4:204-215.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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:
⏰ According to Devriese et al. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Corynebacteriumseminale Riegel et al. 1996.Publication:
Devriese LA, Riegel P, Hommez J, Vaneechoutte M, de Baere T, Haesebrouck F. Identification of Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum strains from the urogenital tract of humans and pigs. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:4657-4659.
😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
Assigned by:
Funke G, Bernard KA, Bucher C, Pfyffer GE, Collins MD. Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum sp. nov. isolated from male patients with genitourinary infections. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1995; 4:204-215.
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