Species "Corynebacterium tumescens"

Name: "Corynebacterium tumescens" Jensen 1934

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.mes’cens. L. neut. part. adj. tumescens, swelling up

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um tu-MES-kens, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 6947; CCUG 23928; CIP 102515; DSM 20308; IAM 12345; IFO 12960; JCM 1365; LMG 3818; NBRC 12960; NCIB 8914; NCIMB 8914; NRRL B-4012; VKM Ac-1120

16S rRNA gene: AF005023 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Jensen HL. Studies on saprophytic Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1934; 59:19-61.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989

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

Assigned by: Jensen HL. Studies on saprophytic Mycobacteria and Corynebacteria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1934; 59:19-61.

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Record number: 3961

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