Species "Corynebacterium hemolyticum"

Name: "Corynebacterium hemolyticum" Maclean et al. 1946

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.mo.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. hemolyticum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … he-mo-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Original publication: Maclean PD, Liebow AA, Rosenberg AA. A hemolytic corynebacterium resembling Corynebacterium ovis and Corynebacterium pyogenes in man. J Infect Dis 1946; 79:69-90.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Maclean PD, Liebow AA, Rosenberg AA. A hemolytic corynebacterium resembling Corynebacterium ovis and Corynebacterium pyogenes in man. J Infect Dis 1946; 79:69-90.

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Record number: 19851
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