Species ***Corynebacterium* *massiliense***

Name: Corynebacterium massiliense Merhej et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’se. L. neut. adj. massiliense, of Massilia, the old Roman name for Marseille, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 5402485; CCUG 53857; CIP 109423; CSUR P19; DSM 45435

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF217056 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Merhej V, Falsen E, Raoult D, Roux V. Corynebacterium timonense sp. nov. and Corynebacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from human blood and human articular hip fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1953-1959.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Merhej V, Falsen E, Raoult D, Roux V. Corynebacterium timonense sp. nov. and Corynebacterium massiliense sp. nov., isolated from human blood and human articular hip fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1953-1959.

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Species Corynebacterium massiliense

Species ***Corynebacterium* *massiliense***