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

Pronunciation, gender: la͡u-san-NEN-se, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

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