Name: Pimelobacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Suzuki and Komagata 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Corynebacterium tumescens" Jensen 1934

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … tu-MES-kens, masculine

Type strain: 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

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16S rRNA gene: AF005023 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki K, Komagata K. Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:59-71. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 11. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:672-674.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Corynebacterium tumescens" Jensen 1934	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pimelobacter tumescens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pimelobacter.
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Pimelobacter Suzuki and Komagata 1983

Assigned by: Suzuki K, Komagata K. Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:59-71. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 779632