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Species Corynebacterium ulcerans
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- Corynebacterium accolens
- Corynebacterium afermentans
- Corynebacterium alimapuense
- "Corynebacterium alkanolyticum"
- Corynebacterium ammoniagenes
- Corynebacterium amycolatum
- "Corynebacterium anaerobium"
- Corynebacterium anserum
- Corynebacterium antarcticum
- Corynebacterium appendicis
- "Corynebacterium aquaticum"
- Corynebacterium aquatimens
- Corynebacterium aquilae
- Corynebacterium argentoratense
- "Corynebacterium asperum"
- Corynebacterium atrinae
- Corynebacterium atypicum
- Corynebacterium aurimucosum
- Corynebacterium auris
- Corynebacterium auriscanis
- "Corynebacterium autotrophicum"
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium avicola"
- "Corynebacterium barkeri"
- Corynebacterium belfantii
- Corynebacterium betae
- Corynebacterium beticola
- "Corynebacterium blattellae"
- "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense"
- "Corynebacterium bouchesdurhonense"
- Corynebacterium bovis
- Corynebacterium breve
- "Corynebacterium callunae"
- Corynebacterium callunae
- Corynebacterium camporealense corrig.
- Corynebacterium camporealensis
- Corynebacterium canis
- Corynebacterium capitovis
- Corynebacterium casei
- Corynebacterium caspium
- Corynebacterium choanae
- Corynebacterium ciconiae
- Corynebacterium comes
- Corynebacterium confusum
- "Corynebacterium conjunctivae"
- Corynebacterium coyleae
- "Corynebacterium crenatum"
- Corynebacterium crudilactis
- Corynebacterium curieae
- "Corynebacterium cyclohexanicum"
- Corynebacterium cystitidis
- "Corynebacterium defluvii"
- "Corynebacterium dentalis"
- Corynebacterium deserti
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Corynebacterium doosanense
- Corynebacterium durum
- Corynebacterium efficiens
- Corynebacterium endometrii
- Corynebacterium epidermidicanis
- Corynebacterium equi
- Corynebacterium evansiae
- Corynebacterium faecale
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecigallinarum"
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium faecipullorum"
- Corynebacterium faecium
- Corynebacterium falsenii
- Corynebacterium fascians
- Corynebacterium felinum
- Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens
- Corynebacterium flavescens
- Corynebacterium fournieri corrig.
- Corynebacterium fournierii
- Corynebacterium frankenforstense
- Corynebacterium freiburgense
- Corynebacterium freneyi
- "Corynebacterium gallinarum"
- Corynebacterium gallinarum
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium gallistercoris"
- "Corynebacterium genitalium"
- Corynebacterium genitalium
- Corynebacterium gerontici
- Corynebacterium glaucum
- Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum
- Corynebacterium glutamicum
- Corynebacterium glyciniphilum
- "Corynebacterium glycinophilum"
- Corynebacterium godavarianum
- Corynebacterium gottingense
- "Corynebacterium granulosum"
- Corynebacterium guangdongense
- "Corynebacterium guaraldiae"
- Corynebacterium hadale
- "Corynebacterium haemomassiliense"
- "Corynebacterium hallux"
- Corynebacterium halotolerans
- Corynebacterium hansenii
- Corynebacterium heidelbergense
- Corynebacterium hesseae
- Corynebacterium hindlerae
- "Corynebacterium hiratae"
- Corynebacterium hoagii
- Corynebacterium humireducens
- "Corynebacterium hydrocarboclastus"
- Corynebacterium hylobatis
- Corynebacterium ihumii
- Corynebacterium ilicis
- Corynebacterium imitans
- "Corynebacterium incognitum"
- Corynebacterium insidiosum
- Corynebacterium intestinale
- "Candidatus Corynebacterium intestinavium"
- Corynebacterium iranicum
- Corynebacterium jeddahense
- Corynebacterium jeikeium
- Corynebacterium kalidii
- Corynebacterium kalinowskii
- "Corynebacterium kefirresidentii"
- Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii
- Corynebacterium kutscheri
- Corynebacterium lactis
- "Corynebacterium lactofermentum"
- "Corynebacterium laevaniformans"
- Corynebacterium lehmanniae
- Corynebacterium lemuris
- Corynebacterium liangguodongii
- Corynebacterium lilium
- Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum
- "Corynebacterium lipophilum"
- Corynebacterium liquefaciens
- Corynebacterium lizhenjunii
- Corynebacterium lowii
- Corynebacterium lubricantis
- Corynebacterium lujinxingii
- Corynebacterium macclintockiae
- Corynebacterium macginleyi
- Corynebacterium marambiense
- Corynebacterium marinum
- Corynebacterium maris
- Corynebacterium marquesiae
- Corynebacterium massiliense
- Corynebacterium mastitidis
- Corynebacterium matruchotii
- Corynebacterium mayonis
- "Corynebacterium mediolanum"
- Corynebacterium megadyptis
- Corynebacterium meitnerae
- "Corynebacterium melassecola"
- Corynebacterium mendelii
- Corynebacterium meridianum
- Corynebacterium michiganense
- Corynebacterium minutissimum
- Corynebacterium mooreparkense
- Corynebacterium mucifaciens
- Corynebacterium mustelae
- Corynebacterium mycetoides
- Corynebacterium nasicanis
- "Corynebacterium nasorum"
- Corynebacterium nebraskense
- "Corynebacterium neomassiliense"
- "Corynebacterium nephridii"
- Corynebacterium nigricans
- Corynebacterium nuruki
- Corynebacterium occultum
- Corynebacterium oculi
- "Corynebacterium okanaganae"
- Corynebacterium oortii
- Corynebacterium otitidis
- "Corynebacterium pacaense"
- Corynebacterium parakroppenstedtii
- "Corynebacterium parvulum"
- Corynebacterium paurometabolum
- "Corynebacterium pekinense"
- Corynebacterium pelargi
- "Corynebacterium periplanetae"
- Corynebacterium phocae
- "Corynebacterium phoceense"
- Corynebacterium pilbarense
- Corynebacterium pilosum
- Corynebacterium poinsettiae
- Corynebacterium pollutisoli
- Corynebacterium poyangense
- Corynebacterium propinquum
- "Corynebacterium provencense"
- "Corynebacterium provencense"
- Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum
- "Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium"
- Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium
- Corynebacterium pseudokroppenstedtii
- Corynebacterium pseudopelargi
- Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis
- Corynebacterium pygosceleis
- Corynebacterium pyogenes
- Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens
- Corynebacterium qintianiae
- Corynebacterium ramonii
- Corynebacterium rathayi
- Corynebacterium renale
- Corynebacterium resistens
- Corynebacterium riegelii
- Corynebacterium rouxii
- "Corynebacterium rubrum"
- Corynebacterium sanguinis
- "Corynebacterium segmentosum"
- Corynebacterium seminale
- "Corynebacterium senegalense"
- Corynebacterium sepedonicum
- Corynebacterium silvaticum
- "Corynebacterium simplex"
- Corynebacterium simulans
- Corynebacterium singulare
- Corynebacterium sphenisci
- Corynebacterium spheniscorum
- Corynebacterium sputi
- Corynebacterium stationis
- Corynebacterium stercoris
- Corynebacterium striatum
- Corynebacterium suedekumii
- Corynebacterium suicordis
- Corynebacterium sundsvallense
- Corynebacterium suranareeae
- Corynebacterium tapiri
- Corynebacterium terpenotabidum
- Corynebacterium testudinoris
- "Corynebacterium thermoaminogenes"
- Corynebacterium thomssenii
- Corynebacterium timonense
- Corynebacterium trachiae
- Corynebacterium tritici
- "Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum"
- Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum
- "Corynebacterium tumescens"
- Corynebacterium tuscaniae
- Corynebacterium tuscaniense corrig.
- Corynebacterium uberis
- Corynebacterium ulceribovis
- "Corynebacterium ureafaciens"
- Corynebacterium urealyticum
- Corynebacterium ureicelerivorans
- Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum
- "Corynebacterium urinapleomorphum"
- Corynebacterium urinipleomorphum corrig.
- Corynebacterium urogenitale
- Corynebacterium uropygiale
- Corynebacterium uterequi
- "Corynebacterium vaginale"
- Corynebacterium variabile corrig.
- Corynebacterium variabilis
- "Corynebacterium vesiculare"
- Corynebacterium vitaeruminis corrig.
- Corynebacterium vitarumen
- Corynebacterium wankanglinii
- Corynebacterium xerosis
- Corynebacterium yonathiae
- Corynebacterium yudongzhengii
- Corynebacterium zhongnanshanii
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Name: Corynebacterium ulcerans (ex Gilbert and Stewart 1927) Riegel et al. 1995
Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.
Etymology: ul’ce.rans. L. neut. part. adj. ulcerans, making sore, causing to ulcerate
Type strain: ATCC 51799; CCUG 2708; CIP 106504; DSM 46325; JCM 10387; NCTC 7910
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X84256
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Riegel P, Ruimy R, de Briel D, Prevost G, Jehl F, Christen R, Monteil H. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and related taxa, with recognition of Corynebacterium ulcerans sp. nov. nom. rev. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 126:271-276. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 54. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:619-620.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "T". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Toxigenic". — 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 244 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
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🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
Parent taxon: Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Riegel P, Ruimy R, de Briel D, Prevost G, Jehl F, Christen R, Monteil H. Taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and related taxa, with recognition of Corynebacterium ulcerans sp. nov. nom. rev. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 126:271-276.
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Record number: 775264
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