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

Gender: feminine

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

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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

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.
  • 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 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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