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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium"

Name: "Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium" Furness et al. 1979

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.ge.ni.ta’li.um. L. gen. neut. pl. n. genitalium, of the genitals; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. pseudogenitalium, of false genitals

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

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 33039; CCM 9177; CCUG 27540; DSM 113154; Furness 162-C2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X81872 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Furness G, Sambury S, Evangelista AT. Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov. Commensals of the human male and female urogenital tracts. Invest Urol 1979; 16:292-295.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

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

Assigned by: Furness G, Sambury S, Evangelista AT. Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium sp. nov. Commensals of the human male and female urogenital tracts. Invest Urol 1979; 16:292-295.

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Record number: 2558
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