Species "Corynebacterium granulosum"

Name: "Corynebacterium granulosum" Prévot 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu.lo’sum. N.L. neut. adj. granulosum, full of granules

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25564; CCUG 32987; CIP 103262; DSM 20700; LMG 16726; NCTC 11865

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16S rRNA gene: AJ003057 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cutibacterium granulosum (Prévot 1938) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cutibacterium granulosum (Prévot 1938) Scholz and Kilian 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Propionibacterium granulosum (Prévot 1938) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Prévot AR. Études de systématique bactérienne. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1938; 60:285-307.

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Record number: 3980

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