Name: Corynebacterium diphtheriae subsp. diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Tagini et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus diphtheriae" Kruse 1886

Etymology: diph.the’ri.ae. Gr. fem. n. diphthera, piece of leather; N.L. fem. n. diphtheria, a disease in which leathery membranes form in the throat; N.L. gen. fem. n. diphtheriae, of diphtheria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27010; CIP 100721; DSM 44123; NCTC 11397

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Effective publication: Tagini F, Pillonel T, Croxatto A, Bertelli C, Koutsokera A, Lovis A, Greub G. Distinct Genomic Features Characterize Two Clades of Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Proposal of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. diphtheriae Subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. lausannense Subsp. nov. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1743.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Corynebacterium diphtheriae subsp. lausannense Tagini et al. 2019 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Tagini F, Pillonel T, Croxatto A, Bertelli C, Koutsokera A, Lovis A, Greub G. Distinct Genomic Features Characterize Two Clades of Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Proposal of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. diphtheriae Subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. lausannense Subsp. nov. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1743.

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tagini F, Pillonel T, Croxatto A, Bertelli C, Koutsokera A, Lovis A, Greub G. Distinct Genomic Features Characterize Two Clades of Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Proposal of Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. diphtheriae Subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium diphtheriae Subsp. lausannense Subsp. nov. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1743.

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Record number: 798135