Etymology:lo’wi.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.lowii, named after the late Canadian microbiologist, Dr Donald Low, for his many contributions to our understanding of 2809 microbiology and infectious diseases in Canada and around the world
Valid publication:
Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Loomer C, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Huynh C, Kaplen B, Olson AB, Cnockaert M, Eguchi H, et al.Corynebacterium lowii sp. nov. and Corynebacterium oculi sp. nov., derived from human clinical disease and an emended description of Corynebacterium mastitidis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2803-2812. 🇨🇦
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Risk group:
2
Notes:
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time 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 a putative 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. 🇬🇧
🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018).Publication:
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. 🇩🇪
Assigned by:
Bernard KA, Pacheco AL, Loomer C, Burdz T, Wiebe D, Huynh C, Kaplen B, Olson AB, Cnockaert M, Eguchi H, et al.Corynebacterium lowii sp. nov. and Corynebacterium oculi sp. nov., derived from human clinical disease and an emended description of Corynebacterium mastitidis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2803-2812. 🇨🇦
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