Name: Turicella otitidis Funke et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ti’ti.dis. N.L. gen. fem. n. otitidis, of inflammation of the ear

Pronunciation, gender: o-TI-ti-dis, feminine

Type strain: 234; 234/92; ATCC 51513; CCUG 32254; CIP 104075; DSM 8821; JCM 12146; LMG 19071

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X73976 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Funke G, Stubbs S, Altwegg M, Carlotti A, Collins MD. Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium isolated from patients with otitis media. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:270-273. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:596.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Corynebacterium otitidis (Funke et al. 1994) Baek et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Corynebacterium otitidis (Funke et al. 1994) Baek et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Turicella Funke et al. 1994. Publication: Funke G, Stubbs S, Altwegg M, Carlotti A, Collins MD. Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium isolated from patients with otitis media. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:270-273. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Turicella otitidis 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 Turicella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 44 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 Turicella otitidis Funke et al. 1994 was previously known as CDC coryneform group ANF-1 like. Publication: Coyle MB, Lipsky BA. Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev 1990; 3:227-246.

Parent taxon: Turicella Funke et al. 1994

Assigned by: Funke G, Stubbs S, Altwegg M, Carlotti A, Collins MD. Turicella otitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryneform bacterium isolated from patients with otitis media. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:270-273. 🇩🇪

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