Species ***Corynebacterium* *phocae***

Name: Corynebacterium phocae Pascual et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho’cae. L. fem. n. phoca, a seal and also a scientific genus name (Phoca); L. gen. fem. n. phocae, of a seal, of Phoca, named because the organism was isolated from the common seal, Phoca vitulina

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 38205; CIP 105741; DSM 44612; JCM 12105; M408/89/1

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16S rRNA gene: Y10076 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pascual C, Foster G, Alvarez N, Collins MD. Corynebacterium phocae sp. nov., isolated from the common seal (Phoca vitulina). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:601-604.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

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

Assigned by: Pascual C, Foster G, Alvarez N, Collins MD. Corynebacterium phocae sp. nov., isolated from the common seal (Phoca vitulina). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:601-604.

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Record number: 775235

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Species Corynebacterium phocae

Species ***Corynebacterium* *phocae***