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Species Corynebacterium sepedonicum
Name: Corynebacterium sepedonicum (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Skaptason and Burkholder 1942 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium sepedonicum" Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914
Etymology: se.pe.do’ni.cum. Gr. fem. n. sêpedôn, rottenness, decay, putrefaction; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. sepedonicum, pertaining to decay, intended to mean leading to decay
Pronunciation, gender: se-pe-DO-ni-kum, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 33113; CCUG 23908; CFBP 2049; CIP 104844; DSM 20744; ICMP 2535; JCM 9667; LMG 2889; NCPPB 2137; VKM Ac-1405
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AM410694
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FASTA
Effective publication: Skaptason JB, Burkholder WH. Classification and nomenclature of the pathogen causing bacterial ring rot of potatoes. Phytopathology 1942; 32:439-441.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Clavibacter sepedonicus (Spieckermann and Kotthoff 1914) Li et al. 2018
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Notes:
- ❗ Corynebacterium sepedonicum 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP QUA". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 32 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Skaptason JB, Burkholder WH. Classification and nomenclature of the pathogen causing bacterial ring rot of potatoes. Phytopathology 1942; 32:439-441.
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Record number: 775247
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