Species ***Corynebacterium* *nuruki***

Name: Corynebacterium nuruki Shin et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nu.ru’ki. N.L. neut. n. nurukum, nuruk, Korean name of an amylolytic starter used for Korean traditional rice wine; N.L. gen. neut. n. nuruki, of/from nuruk

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 45695; JCM 17162; KACC 15032; S6-4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM165487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shin NR, Jung MJ, Kim MS, Roh SW, Nam YD, Bae JW. Corynebacterium nuruki sp. nov., isolated from an alcohol fermentation starter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2430-2434.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Shin NR, Jung MJ, Kim MS, Roh SW, Nam YD, Bae JW. Corynebacterium nuruki sp. nov., isolated from an alcohol fermentation starter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2430-2434.

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Species Corynebacterium nuruki

Species ***Corynebacterium* *nuruki***