Species ***Corynebacterium* *pilbarense***

Name: Corynebacterium pilbarense Aravena-Román et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pil.ba.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. pilbarense, pertaining to Pilbara, West Australia, the region from which the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um pil-ba-REN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 57942; DSM 45350; IMMIB WACC-658

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN295567 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aravena-Roman M, Sproer C, Straubler B, Inglis T, Yassin AF. Corynebacterium pilbarense sp. nov., a non-lipophilic corynebacterium isolated from a human ankle aspirate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1484-1487. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Luo et al. 2023 Luo Q, Luo H, Zhang T, Liu X, Chen X, Chen Q, Feng J, Qu P, Chen C, Xu N. Corynebacterium lipophilum sp. nov., a lipophilic bacterium isolated from clinical breast specimens and emended description of the species Corynebacterium pilbarense. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1091-1101. 🇨🇳
  Notes:
  - 🧍 As of 2023-10-26 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Aravena-Roman M, Sproer C, Straubler B, Inglis T, Yassin AF. Corynebacterium pilbarense sp. nov., a non-lipophilic corynebacterium isolated from a human ankle aspirate. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1484-1487. 🇩🇪

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Species Corynebacterium pilbarense

Species ***Corynebacterium* *pilbarense***