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Species Corynebacterium ramonii
Name: Corynebacterium ramonii Crestani et al. 2024
Etymology: ra.mo.n’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ramonii, from Gaston Ramon (30th Sep 1886 to 8th Jun 1963), a French veterinarian and biologist who invented the diphtheria toxoid vaccine, enabling mass vaccination against diphtheria, as well as the tetanus toxoid vaccine. He was also the first promoter of combined vaccines, and the inventor of the flocculation-based dosage of antisera
Type strain: CCUG 76912; CIP 112226; FRC0011
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OX444692
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Crestani C, Arcari G, Landier A, Passet V, Garnier D, Bremont S, Armatys N, Carmi-Leroy A, Toubiana J, Badell E, et al. Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104113. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (taxonomically suspended)
Correct name: Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Bacillus diphtheriae" Kruse 1886 heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
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⏲ According to Committee (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus diphtheriae" Kruse 1886.
Publication:
Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
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⏲ According to Committee (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
- ❗ Corynebacterium ramonii 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-04-09.
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🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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😴 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 pathogenicity of the species itself. This name is taxonomically suspended (and therefore not recommended for medical use for now) in favour of Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
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⏲ According to Committee (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus diphtheriae" Kruse 1886.
Publication:
Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Crestani C, Arcari G, Landier A, Passet V, Garnier D, Bremont S, Armatys N, Carmi-Leroy A, Toubiana J, Badell E, et al. Corynebacterium ramonii sp. nov., a novel toxigenic member of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae species complex. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104113.
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Record number: 46575
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