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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Corynebacterium megadyptis

Name: Corynebacterium megadyptis Nouioui et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ga.dyp’tis. N.L. gen. fem. n. megadyptis, of the penguin genus Megadyptes

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3B; DSM 111184; NZRM 4755

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW647632 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nouioui I, Saunderson SC, Midwinter AC, Young MJ, McInnes KM, Watts J, Sangal V. Corynebacterium megadyptis sp. nov. with two subspecies, Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. megadyptis subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense subsp. nov. isolated from yellow-eyed penguins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5713.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

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

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Saunderson SC, Midwinter AC, Young MJ, McInnes KM, Watts J, Sangal V. Corynebacterium megadyptis sp. nov. with two subspecies, Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. megadyptis subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense subsp. nov. isolated from yellow-eyed penguins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5713.

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Record number: 36793
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