Species ***Corynebacterium* *glucuronolyticum***

Name: Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um glu-ku-ro-no-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: 6; ATCC 51860; CCUG 35055; CIP 104577; DMMZ 838; DSM 44120; JCM 11612; LMG 19047

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16S rRNA gene: X86688 Analyse FASTA

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

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Corynebacterium seminale Riegel et al. 1996	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 Corynebacterium seminale 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. — 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 26 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 risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

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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Species Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum

Species ***Corynebacterium* *glucuronolyticum***