Name: Propionibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Douglas and Gunter 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900
Etymology: ac’nes. Gr. fem. n. akmê, acne (inaccurately transliterated); 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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16S rRNA gene: AB042288 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Douglas HC, Gunter SE. The Taxonomic Position of Corynebacterium acnes. J Bacteriol 1946; 52:15-23.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016
Name | Kind |
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Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Propionibacterium acnes subsp. defendens McDowell et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) McDowell et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum McDowell et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name | synonym |
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Dekio et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Propionibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum Dekio et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Propionibacterium Orla-Jensen 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Douglas HC, Gunter SE. The Taxonomic Position of Corynebacterium acnes. J Bacteriol 1946; 52:15-23.
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Record number: 779819