Species ***Corynebacterium* *sputi***

Name: Corynebacterium sputi Yassin and Siering 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spu’ti. L. gen. neut. n. sputi, of sputum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 55795; DSM 45148; IMMIB L-999

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM930556 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Siering C. Corynebacterium sputi sp. nov., isolated from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2876-2879.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: Yassin AF, Siering C. Corynebacterium sputi sp. nov., isolated from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2876-2879.

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Species Corynebacterium sputi

Species ***Corynebacterium* *sputi***