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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium

Name: Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium (ex Furness et al. 1979) Jaén-Luchoro et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: pseu.do.ge.ni.ta’li.um. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. neut. pl. n. genitalia, eium, the genitals; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. pseudogenitalium, of false genitals

Pronunciation, gender: … pse͡u-do-ge-ni-TA-li-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33039; CCM 9177; CCUG 27540; DSM 113154; Furness 162-C2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X81872 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jaen-Luchoro D, Al-Shaer S, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Gonzales-Siles L, Cardew S, Jensie-Markopolous S, Ohlen M, Inganas E, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, et al. Corynebacterium genitalium sp. nov., nom. rev. and Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov., nom. rev., two old species of the genus Corynebacterium described from clinical and environmental samples. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:103987. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Jaen-Luchoro D, Al-Shaer S, Pineiro-Iglesias B, Gonzales-Siles L, Cardew S, Jensie-Markopolous S, Ohlen M, Inganas E, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, et al. Corynebacterium genitalium sp. nov., nom. rev. and Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov., nom. rev., two old species of the genus Corynebacterium described from clinical and environmental samples. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:103987. 🇸🇪

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Record number: 37234
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