Name: Trueperella bialowiezensis corrig. (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arcanobacterium bialowiezense Lehnen et al. 2006

Etymology: bi.a.lo.wie.zen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. bialowiezensis, of or pertaining to Bialowieza, Poland, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bi-a-lo-wie-ZEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 1(W3/01); DSM 17162; NCTC 13354

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ879696 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P. Comparative chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies on the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1982 emend. Lehnen et al. 2006: proposal for Trueperella gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1265-1274. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Trueperella bialowiezense (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Arcanobacterium bialowiezense Lehnen et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the corrected spelling of Trueperella bialowiezense (Lehnen et al. 2006) Yassin et al. 2011, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Arcanobacterium bialowiezense Lehnen et al. 2006. Publication: Lehnen A, Busse HJ, Frolich K, Krasinska M, Kampfer P, Speck S. Arcanobacterium bialowiezense sp. nov. and Arcanobacterium bonasi sp. nov., isolated from the prepuce of European bison bulls (Bison bonasus) suffering from balanoposthitis, and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1983. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:861-866. 🇩🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Parent taxon: Trueperella Yassin et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P. Comparative chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic studies on the genus Arcanobacterium Collins et al. 1982 emend. Lehnen et al. 2006: proposal for Trueperella gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Arcanobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1265-1274. 🇩🇪

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