Species Corynebacterium paurometabolum

Name: Corynebacterium paurometabolum Steinhaus 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ro.me.ta.bo.lum. Gr. masc. adj. paûros, little; Gr. masc./fem. adj. metabolos, changeable; N.L. neut. adj. paurometabolum, little changeable

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 8368; CCUG 35730; CIP 100753; DSM 20162; IFO 16120; JCM 10117; NBRC 16120; NCTC 13040; no. 33

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF283280 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Steinhaus EA. A Study of the Bacteria Associated with Thirty Species of Insects. J Bacteriol 1941; 42:757-790.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus aurantiacus (ex Tsukamura and Mizuno 1971) Tsukamura and Yano 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Tsukamurella paurometabolum (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Collins et al. (1988), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus aurantiacus (ex Tsukamura and Mizuno 1971) Tsukamura and Yano 1985. Publication: Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:385-391. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Corynebacterium paurometabolum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Corynebacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Steinhaus EA. A Study of the Bacteria Associated with Thirty Species of Insects. J Bacteriol 1941; 42:757-790.

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Record number: 775233

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Species Corynebacterium paurometabolum