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Species Corynebacterium pelargi

Name: Corynebacterium pelargi Kämpfer et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lar’gi. Gr. masc. n. pelargos, a stork; N.L. gen. masc. n. pelargi, of a stork, isolated from a white stork in Poland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um pe-LAR-gi, neuter

Type strain: 136/3; CCM 8517; CIP 110778; DSM 46737; LMG 28174

16S rRNA gene: KF986249 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Jerzak L, Bochenski M, Kasprzak M, Wilharm G, Golke J, Busse HJ, Glaeser SP. Corynebacterium pelargi sp. nov., isolated from the trachea of white stork nestlings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1415-1420. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2343-2344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Kampfer P, Jerzak L, Bochenski M, Kasprzak M, Wilharm G, Golke J, Busse HJ, Glaeser SP. Corynebacterium pelargi sp. nov., isolated from the trachea of white stork nestlings. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1415-1420. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 792842