Species ***Corynebacterium* *testudinoris***

Name: Corynebacterium testudinoris Collins et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tes.tu.din.o’ris. L. fem. n. testudo, tortoise; L. gen. neut. n. oris, of the mouth; N.L. gen. neut. n. testudinoris, of the mouth of a tortoise

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tes-tu-din-O-ris, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 41823; CIP 106763; DSM 44614; JCM 12108; M935/96/4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ295841 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1349-1352. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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 risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Collins MD, Hoyles L, Hutson RA, Foster G, Falsen E. Corynebacterium testudinoris sp. nov., from a tortoise, and Corynebacterium felinum sp. nov., from a Scottish wild cat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1349-1352. 🇬🇧

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Species Corynebacterium testudinoris

Species ***Corynebacterium* *testudinoris***