Species ***Corynebacterium* *sundsvallense***

Name: Corynebacterium sundsvallense Collins et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sunds.val.len’se. N.L. neut. adj. sundsvallense, from Sundsvall, Sweden, named after the city from where the bacterium was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um sunds-wal-LEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 36622; CIP 105936; DSM 44613; JCM 12401

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y09655 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Bernard KA, Hutson RA, Sjoden B, Nyberg A, Falsen E. Corynebacterium sundsvallense sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:361-366. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 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: Collins MD, Bernard KA, Hutson RA, Sjoden B, Nyberg A, Falsen E. Corynebacterium sundsvallense sp. nov., from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:361-366. 🇸🇪

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Species Corynebacterium sundsvallense

Species ***Corynebacterium* *sundsvallense***