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Name: Cutibacterium modestum Dekio et al. 2020
Etymology: mo.des’tum. L. neut. adj. modestum, moderate, referring to its relatively modest type of metabolism
Type strain: DSM 109769; JCM 33380; M12
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16S rRNA gene: LC466959 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Dekio I, Sakamoto M, Suzuki T, Yuki M, Kinoshita S, Murakami Y, Ohkuma M. Cutibacterium modestum sp. nov., isolated from meibum of human meibomian glands, and emended descriptions of Cutibacterium granulosum and Cutibacterium namnetense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2457-2462.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Cutibacterium Scholz and Kilian 2016
Assigned by: Dekio I, Sakamoto M, Suzuki T, Yuki M, Kinoshita S, Murakami Y, Ohkuma M. Cutibacterium modestum sp. nov., isolated from meibum of human meibomian glands, and emended descriptions of Cutibacterium granulosum and Cutibacterium namnetense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2457-2462.
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Record number: 7946