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Species Corynebacterium rouxii
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- Corynebacterium accolens
- Corynebacterium afermentans
- "Corynebacterium agropyri"
- Corynebacterium alimapuense
- "Corynebacterium alkanolyticum"
- Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
- Corynebacterium amycolatum
- "Corynebacterium anaerobium"
- Corynebacterium anserum
- Corynebacterium antarcticum
- Corynebacterium appendicis
- "Corynebacterium aquaticum"
- Corynebacterium aquatimens
- Corynebacterium aquilae
- Corynebacterium argentoratense
- "Corynebacterium asperum"
- Corynebacterium atrinae
- Corynebacterium atypicum
- Corynebacterium aurimucosum
- Corynebacterium auris
- Corynebacterium auriscanis
- "Corynebacterium autotrophicum"
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola"
- "Corynebacterium barkeri"
- Corynebacterium belfantii
- Corynebacterium betae
- Corynebacterium beticola
- "Corynebacterium blattellae"
- "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense"
- "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense"
- Corynebacterium bovis
- Corynebacterium breve
- Corynebacterium callunae
- "Corynebacterium callunae"
- Corynebacterium camporealense corrig.
- Corynebacterium camporealensis
- Corynebacterium canis
- Corynebacterium capitovis
- Corynebacterium casei
- Corynebacterium caspium
- Corynebacterium choanae
- Corynebacterium ciconiae
- Corynebacterium comes
- Corynebacterium confusum
- "Corynebacterium conjunctivae"
- Corynebacterium coyleae
- "Corynebacterium crenatum"
- Corynebacterium crudilactis
- Corynebacterium curieae
- "Corynebacterium cutis"
- "Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum"
- Corynebacterium cystitidis
- "Corynebacterium defluvii"
- "Corynebacterium dentalis"
- Corynebacterium deserti
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Corynebacterium doosanense
- Corynebacterium durum
- Corynebacterium efficiens
- Corynebacterium endometrii
- Corynebacterium epidermidicanis
- Corynebacterium equi
- Corynebacterium evansiae
- Corynebacterium faecale
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecigallinarum"
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecipullorum"
- Corynebacterium faecium
- Corynebacterium falsenii
- Corynebacterium fascians
- Corynebacterium felinum
- Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens
- Corynebacterium flavescens
- Corynebacterium fournieri corrig.
- Corynebacterium fournierii
- Corynebacterium frankenforstense
- Corynebacterium freiburgense
- Corynebacterium freneyi
- "Corynebacterium gallinarum"
- Corynebacterium gallinarum
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris"
- "Corynebacterium genitalium"
- Corynebacterium genitalium
- Corynebacterium gerontici
- Corynebacterium glaucum
- Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum
- Corynebacterium glutamicum
- Corynebacterium glyciniphilum
- "Corynebacterium glycinophilum"
- Corynebacterium godavarianum
- Corynebacterium gottingense
- "Corynebacterium granulosum"
- Corynebacterium guangdongense
- "Corynebacterium guaraldiae"
- Corynebacterium hadale
- "Corynebacterium haemomassiliense"
- Corynebacterium halotolerans
- Corynebacterium hansenii
- Corynebacterium heidelbergense
- "Corynebacterium hemolyticum"
- Corynebacterium hesseae
- Corynebacterium hindlerae
- "Corynebacterium hiratae"
- Corynebacterium hoagii
- Corynebacterium humireducens
- "Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus"
- Corynebacterium hylobatis
- Corynebacterium ihumii
- Corynebacterium ilicis
- Corynebacterium imitans
- "Corynebacterium incognitum"
- "Corynebacterium infantisepticum"
- Corynebacterium insidiosum
- Corynebacterium intestinale
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium intestinavium"
- Corynebacterium iranicum
- Corynebacterium jeddahense
- Corynebacterium jeikeium
- Corynebacterium kalidii
- Corynebacterium kalinowskii
- "Corynebacterium kefirresidentii"
- Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii
- Corynebacterium kutscheri
- Corynebacterium lactis
- "Corynebacterium lactofermentum"
- "Corynebacterium laevaniformans"
- Corynebacterium lehmanniae
- Corynebacterium lemuris
- Corynebacterium liangguodongii
- Corynebacterium lilium
- Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum
- "Corynebacterium lipophilum"
- Corynebacterium liquefaciens
- Corynebacterium lizhenjunii
- Corynebacterium lowii
- Corynebacterium lubricantis
- Corynebacterium lujinxingii
- Corynebacterium macclintockiae
- Corynebacterium macginleyi
- Corynebacterium marambiense
- Corynebacterium marinum
- Corynebacterium maris
- Corynebacterium marquesiae
- Corynebacterium massiliense
- Corynebacterium mastitidis
- Corynebacterium matruchotii
- Corynebacterium mayonis
- "Corynebacterium mediolanum"
- "Corynebacterium mediolanum"
- Corynebacterium megadyptis
- Corynebacterium meitnerae
- "Corynebacterium melassecola"
- Corynebacterium mendelii
- Corynebacterium meridianum
- Corynebacterium michiganense
- Corynebacterium minutissimum
- Corynebacterium mooreparkense
- Corynebacterium mucifaciens
- Corynebacterium mustelae
- Corynebacterium mycetoides
- Corynebacterium nasicanis
- Corynebacterium nebraskense
- Corynebacterium neomassiliense
- "Corynebacterium nephridii"
- Corynebacterium nigricans
- Corynebacterium nuruki
- Corynebacterium occultum
- Corynebacterium oculi
- "Corynebacterium okanaganae"
- Corynebacterium oortii
- Corynebacterium otitidis
- "Corynebacterium pacaense"
- Corynebacterium parakroppenstedtii
- "Corynebacterium parvulum"
- Corynebacterium paurometabolum
- "Corynebacterium pekinense"
- Corynebacterium pelargi
- "Corynebacterium periplanetae"
- Corynebacterium phocae
- "Corynebacterium phoceense"
- Corynebacterium pilbarense
- Corynebacterium pilosum
- Corynebacterium poinsettiae
- Corynebacterium pollutisoli
- Corynebacterium poyangense
- Corynebacterium propinquum
- "Corynebacterium provencense"
- "Corynebacterium provencense"
- Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
- Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium
- "Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium"
- Corynebacterium pseudokroppenstedtii
- Corynebacterium pseudopelargi
- Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
- Corynebacterium pygosceleis
- Corynebacterium pyogenes
- Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens
- Corynebacterium qintianiae
- Corynebacterium ramonii
- Corynebacterium rathayi
- Corynebacterium renale
- Corynebacterium resistens
- Corynebacterium riegelii
- "Corynebacterium rubrum"
- Corynebacterium sanguinis
- Corynebacterium seminale
- "Corynebacterium senegalense"
- Corynebacterium sepedonicum
- Corynebacterium silvaticum
- "Corynebacterium simplex"
- Corynebacterium simulans
- Corynebacterium singulare
- Corynebacterium sphenisci
- Corynebacterium spheniscorum
- Corynebacterium sputi
- Corynebacterium stationis
- Corynebacterium stercoris
- Corynebacterium striatum
- Corynebacterium suedekumii
- Corynebacterium suicordis
- Corynebacterium sundsvallense
- Corynebacterium suranareeae
- Corynebacterium tapiri
- "Corynebacterium tenuis"
- Corynebacterium terpenotabidum
- Corynebacterium testudinoris
- "Corynebacterium thermoaminogenes"
- Corynebacterium thomssenii
- Corynebacterium timonense
- Corynebacterium trachiae
- Corynebacterium tritici
- Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum
- "Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum"
- "Corynebacterium tumescens"
- Corynebacterium tuscaniae
- Corynebacterium tuscaniense corrig.
- Corynebacterium uberis
- Corynebacterium ulcerans
- Corynebacterium ulceribovis
- "Corynebacterium ureafaciens"
- Corynebacterium urealyticum
- Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans
- Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum
- "Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum"
- Corynebacterium urinipleomorphum corrig.
- Corynebacterium urogenitale
- Corynebacterium uropygiale
- Corynebacterium uterequi
- "Corynebacterium vaginale"
- Corynebacterium variabile corrig.
- Corynebacterium variabilis
- "Corynebacterium vesiculare"
- Corynebacterium vitaeruminis corrig.
- Corynebacterium vitarumen
- Corynebacterium wankanglinii
- Corynebacterium xerosis
- Corynebacterium yonathiae
- Corynebacterium yudongzhengii
- Corynebacterium zhongnanshanii
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Name: Corynebacterium rouxii Badell et al. 2020
Etymology: rou’xi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. rouxii, of Roux, a French scientist and former director of Institut Pasteur who made critical contributions to diphtheria toxin discovery and antitoxin treatment
Type strain: CIP 111752; DSM 110354; FRC0190
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MN535983
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Badell E, Hennart M, Rodrigues C, Passet V, Dazas M, Panunzi L, Bouchez V, Carmi-Leroy A, Toubiana J, Brisse S. Corynebacterium rouxii sp. nov., a novel member of the diphtheriae species complex. Res Microbiol 2020; 171:122-127. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🧍 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:
Badell E, Hennart M, Rodrigues C, Passet V, Dazas M, Panunzi L, Bouchez V, Carmi-Leroy A, Toubiana J, Brisse S. Corynebacterium rouxii sp. nov., a novel member of the diphtheriae species complex. Res Microbiol 2020; 171:122-127.
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Record number: 3547
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