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Species Corynebacterium simulans
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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 axilliensis"
- "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 haematomassiliense corrig.
- 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 jamesii"
- 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 rhinophilum
- Corynebacterium riegelii
- Corynebacterium rouxii
- "Corynebacterium rubrum"
- Corynebacterium sanguinis
- Corynebacterium seminale
- "Corynebacterium senegalense"
- Corynebacterium sepedonicum
- Corynebacterium silvaticum
- "Corynebacterium simplex"
- 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 simulans Wattiau et al. 2000
Etymology: si’mu.lans. L. neut. part. adj. simulans, simulating, imitating, because it resembles Corynebacterium striatum
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SI-mu-lans, neuter
Type strain: ATCC BAA-15; CCM 4908; CCUG 43305; CIP 106488; Co 553; DSM 44415; JCM 12107; UCL 553
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ012837
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wattiau P, Janssens M, Wauters G. Corynebacterium simulans sp. nov., a non-lipophilic, fermentative Corynebacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:347-353. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 18 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 risk group 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Wattiau P, Janssens M, Wauters G. Corynebacterium simulans sp. nov., a non-lipophilic, fermentative Corynebacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:347-353. 🇧🇪
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Record number: 775249
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