Species ***Corynebacterium* *lactis***

Name: Corynebacterium lactis Wiertz et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lac’tis. L. gen. neut. n. lactis, from milk, according to the isolation source of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: LAK-tis, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 63372; DSM 45799; RW2-5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE983829 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wiertz R, Schulz SC, Muller U, Kampfer P, Lipski A. Corynebacterium frankenforstense sp. nov. and Corynebacterium lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4495-4501.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

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, note = "t+". — 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 3 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: Wiertz R, Schulz SC, Muller U, Kampfer P, Lipski A. Corynebacterium frankenforstense sp. nov. and Corynebacterium lactis sp. nov., isolated from raw cow milk. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4495-4501.

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Record number: 791337

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Species Corynebacterium lactis

Species ***Corynebacterium* *lactis***