Species Corynebacterium pyogenes

Name: Corynebacterium pyogenes (Glage 1903) Eberson 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus pyogenes" Glage 1903

Etymology: py.o’ge.nes. Gr. neut. n. pyon, discharge from a sore, pus; N.L. neut. n. pyum; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. pyogenes, pus-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um py-O-ge-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19411; C-100; CCUG 13230; CIP 103129; DSM 20630; LMG 16162; NCTC 5224

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79225 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Eberson F. A bacteriologic study of the diphtheroid organisms with special reference to Hodgkin's disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1918; 23:1-42.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Trueperella pyogenes (Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Arcanobacterium pyogenes (Glage 1903) Pascual Ramos et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Trueperella pyogenes (Glage 1903) Yassin et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage 1903) Reddy et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Actinomyces pyogenes (Glage 1903) Collins and Jones 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
"Bacillus pyogenes" Glage 1903	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- ❗ Corynebacterium pyogenes is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Corynebacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "equi: 2 human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; default: 2 human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; equi roseum: 2 human and 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 = "equi: 2 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 230 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Eberson F. A bacteriologic study of the diphtheroid organisms with special reference to Hodgkin's disease. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1918; 23:1-42.

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Species Corynebacterium pyogenes