Name: Corynebacterium pilosum Yanagawa and Honda 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: pi.lo’sum. L. neut. adj. pilosum, having much hair, hairy, intended to mean having many fimbriae (pili)
Type strain: ATCC 29592; CCUG 27193; CIP 103422; DSM 20521; IFO 15285; JCM 3714; NBRC 15285; NCTC 11862
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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
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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Record number: 775236