Name: Corynebacterium diphtheriae subsp. lausannense Tagini et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: lau.san.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. lausannense, of Lausanne, a city in Switzerland, where the strain was isolated from a patient of the local University Hospital

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 72509; CHUV2995; DSM 107520

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT990688 Analyse FASTA

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

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: 798036