Species ***Corynebacterium* *pilosum***

Name: Corynebacterium pilosum Yanagawa and Honda 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.lo’sum. L. neut. adj. pilosum, having much hair, hairy, intended to mean having many fimbriae (pili)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29592; CCUG 27193; CIP 103422; DSM 20521; IFO 15285; JCM 3714; NBRC 15285; NCTC 11862

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X84246 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yanagawa R, Honda E. Corynebacterium pilosum and Corynebacterium cystitidis, two new species from cows. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:209-216.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Yanagawa R, Honda E. Corynebacterium pilosum and Corynebacterium cystitidis, two new species from cows. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:209-216.

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Species Corynebacterium pilosum

Species ***Corynebacterium* *pilosum***