Species Corynebacterium resistens

Name: Corynebacterium resistens Otsuka et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um re-SIS-tens, neuter

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

16S rRNA gene: AB128981 Analysetree FASTA download

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

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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