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Name: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016
Basonym: "Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900
Etymology: ac’nes. Gr. fem. n. akmê, a point, inaccurately transliterated as acne; N.L. gen. fem. n. acnes, of acne
Type strain: ATCC 6919; CCUG 1794; CIP 53.117; DSM 1897; JCM 6425; LMG 16711; NCTC 737; NRRL B-4224; VKM Ac-1450
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene: AB042288 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Scholz CF, Kilian M. The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4422-4432.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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"Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Propionibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Douglas and Gunter 1946 (Approved Lists 1980) | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens (McDowell et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Nouioui et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum (Dekio et al. 2015) Dekio et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016
Assigned by: Scholz CF, Kilian M. The natural history of cutaneous propionibacteria, and reclassification of selected species within the genus Propionibacterium to the proposed novel genera Acidipropionibacterium gen. nov., Cutibacterium gen. nov. and Pseudopropionibacterium gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4422-4432.
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Record number: 794765