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Species Corynebacterium terpenotabidum

Name: Corynebacterium terpenotabidum Takeuchi et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.pe.no.ta’bi.dum. N.L. neut. n. terpenum, terpene; L. neut. adj. tabidum, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. terpenotabidum, terpene-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um ter-pe-no-TA-bi-dum, neuter

Type strain: CIP 105927; DSM 44721; IFO 14764; JCM 10555; NBRC 14764; VKM Ac-2071; Y-11

16S rRNA gene: AB004730 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Nihira T, Yamada Y, Imai K. Corynebacterium terpenotabidum sp. nov., a bacterium capable of degrading squalene. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:223-229. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 5 times 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 genus.
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Takeuchi M, Sakane T, Nihira T, Yamada Y, Imai K. Corynebacterium terpenotabidum sp. nov., a bacterium capable of degrading squalene. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:223-229. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 775258