Species Corynebacterium neomassiliense

Name: Corynebacterium neomassiliense Boxberger et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.o.mas.si.li.en’se. L. masc./fem. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the ancient Roman name for Marseille where the strain was isolated; Gr. masc. adj. neos, new (may keep -o); N.L. neut. adj. neomassiliense

Pronunciation, gender: ne-o-mas-si-li-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 72352; CSUR P3888; Marseille P3888

16S rRNA gene: LT984641 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boxberger M, Hasni I, Bilen M, La Scola B. Corynebacterium neomassiliense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated in a stool sample from a healthy male pygmy. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 34:100644.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Boxberger M, Hasni I, Bilen M, La Scola B. Corynebacterium neomassiliense sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated in a stool sample from a healthy male pygmy. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 34:100644.

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Record number: 64729
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