Species ***Corynebacterium* *vitaeruminis***

Name: Corynebacterium vitaeruminis corrig. (Bechdel et al. 1928) Lanéelle et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Flavobacterium vitarumen" Bechdel et al. 1928

Etymology: vi.tae.ru’mi.nis. L. fem. n. vita (gen. vitae), life; L. neut. n. rumen (gen. ruminis), the throat, gullet, rumen; N.L. gen. fem. n. vitaeruminis, of rumen life

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um wi-ta͡e-RU-mi-nis, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 10234; CCUG 28792; CIP 82.07; DSM 20294; IFO 12143; JCM 1323; NBRC 12143; NCIB 9291; NCIMB 9291; VKM B-1211

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY438066 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lanéelle MA, Asselineau J, Welby M, Norgard MV, Imaeda T, Pollice MC, Barksdale L. Biological and chemical bases for the reclassification of Brevibacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) Breed (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) comb. nov. and Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:539-546.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Brevibacterium vitaeruminis corrig. (Bechdel et al. 1928) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Corynebacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al. 1928) Lanéelle et al. 1980	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Brevibacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al. 1928) Breed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
"Flavobacterium vitarumen" Bechdel et al. 1928	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 7 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:908; Corynebacterium vitarumen (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, vitarumen (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Lanéelle MA, Asselineau J, Welby M, Norgard MV, Imaeda T, Pollice MC, Barksdale L. Biological and chemical bases for the reclassification of Brevibacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) Breed (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium vitarumen (Bechdel et al.) comb. nov. and Brevibacterium liquefaciens Okabayashi and Masuo (Approved Lists, 1980) as Corynebacterium liquefaciens (Okabayashi and Masuo) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:539-546.

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Species ***Corynebacterium* *vitaeruminis***