Species ***Corynebacterium* *mastitidis***

Name: Corynebacterium mastitidis Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.ti’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. mastitidis, of an inflammation of the mammary gland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um mas-TI-ti-dis, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 38654; CECT 4843; CIP 105509; DSM 44356; IFO 16160; JCM 12269; LMG 19040; NBRC 16160; S-8

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16S rRNA gene: Y09806 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fernandez-Garayzabal JF, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Fernandez E, Monasterio R, Marco J, Dominguez L. Corynebacterium mastitidis sp. nov., isolated from milk of sheep with subclinical mastitis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1082-1085. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Bernard et al. 2016 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. 🇨🇦 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.
- 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:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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 22 times 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.

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

Assigned by: Fernandez-Garayzabal JF, Collins MD, Hutson RA, Fernandez E, Monasterio R, Marco J, Dominguez L. Corynebacterium mastitidis sp. nov., isolated from milk of sheep with subclinical mastitis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1082-1085. 🇪🇸

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Species Corynebacterium mastitidis

Species ***Corynebacterium* *mastitidis***