Species ***Corynebacterium* *resistens***

Name: Corynebacterium resistens Otsuka et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.sis’tens. L. part. adj. resistens, enduring, resistant (multidrug-resistant)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 50093; DSM 45100; GTC 2026; JCM 12819; SICGH 158

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB128981 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Otsuka Y, Kawamura Y, Koyama T, Iihara H, Ohkusu K, Ezaki T. Corynebacterium resistens sp. nov., a new multidrug-resistant coryneform bacterium isolated from human infections. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3713-3717.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 106. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2235-2238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Otsuka Y, Kawamura Y, Koyama T, Iihara H, Ohkusu K, Ezaki T. Corynebacterium resistens sp. nov., a new multidrug-resistant coryneform bacterium isolated from human infections. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3713-3717.

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Species Corynebacterium resistens

Species ***Corynebacterium* *resistens***