Species ***Corynebacterium* *humireducens***

Name: Corynebacterium humireducens Wu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi.re.du.cens. L. fem. n. humus, soil, used to refer to humic substances; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back (to a reduced oxidation state); N.L. neut. part. adj. humireducens, converting humic substances to a reduced oxidation state

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 2452; DSM 45392; MFC 5; NBRC 106098

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ421281 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu CY, Zhuang L, Zhou SG, Li FB, He J. Corynebacterium humireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, humic acid-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:882-887.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Wu CY, Zhuang L, Zhou SG, Li FB, He J. Corynebacterium humireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, humic acid-reducing bacterium isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:882-887.

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Species Corynebacterium humireducens

Species ***Corynebacterium* *humireducens***