Species Corynebacterium rhinophilum

Name: Corynebacterium rhinophilum Popowitch et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rhi.no’phi.lum. Gr. fem. n. rhis, nose; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. rhinophilum, nose-loving, referring to the site from which the strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: rhi-NO-phi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 118652; JCM 37534; MSK072

16S rRNA gene: PQ450554 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Popowitch EB, Boiditswe SC, Patel MZ, Aquino JN, Hurst JH, Steenhoff AP, Cunningham AL, Yoon JW, Seed PC, Kelly MS. Corynebacterium rhinophilum sp. nov. isolated from the human upper respiratory tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6835.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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

Assigned by: Popowitch EB, Boiditswe SC, Patel MZ, Aquino JN, Hurst JH, Steenhoff AP, Cunningham AL, Yoon JW, Seed PC, Kelly MS. Corynebacterium rhinophilum sp. nov. isolated from the human upper respiratory tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6835.

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Record number: 66647
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