Species Corynebacterium mustelae

Name: Corynebacterium mustelae Funke et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mus.te’lae. L. fem. n. mustela, a weasel, and also a scientific zoological genus name; L. gen. fem. n. mustelae, of a weasel, of Mustela, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a ferret, Mustela putorius furo

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um mus-TE-la͡e, neuter

Type strain: 3105; CCUG 57279; DSM 45274

16S rRNA gene: FJ374773 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Funke G, Frodl R, Bernard KA. Corynebacterium mustelae sp. nov., isolated from a ferret with lethal sepsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:871-873. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

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

Assigned by: Funke G, Frodl R, Bernard KA. Corynebacterium mustelae sp. nov., isolated from a ferret with lethal sepsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:871-873. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 788463

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