Species ***Corynebacterium* *maris***

Name: Corynebacterium maris Ben-Dov et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’ris. L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea

Pronunciation, gender: MA-ris, neuter

Type strain: Coryn-1; DSM 45190; JCM 17018; LMG 24561

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ423600 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ben-Dov E, Ben Yosef DZ, Pavlov V, Kushmaro A. Corynebacterium maris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the mucus of the coral Fungia granulosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2458-2463.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 5 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.
- 🧍 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.

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

Assigned by: Ben-Dov E, Ben Yosef DZ, Pavlov V, Kushmaro A. Corynebacterium maris sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the mucus of the coral Fungia granulosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2458-2463.

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Species Corynebacterium maris

Species ***Corynebacterium* *maris***