Subspecies Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense

Name: Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense Nouioui et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov.

Etymology: du.ne.di.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. dunedinense, pertaining to the major city Dunedin, near the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, close to the penguin nesting sites

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-ry-ne-bak-TE-ri-um me-ga-DYP-tis du-ne-di-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: 7B; DSM 111183; NZRM 4756

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW647633 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nouioui I, Saunderson SC, Midwinter AC, Young MJ, McInnes KM, Watts J, Sangal V. Corynebacterium megadyptis sp. nov. with two subspecies, Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. megadyptis subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense subsp. nov. isolated from yellow-eyed penguins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5713. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Corynebacterium megadyptis Nouioui et al. 2023

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Saunderson SC, Midwinter AC, Young MJ, McInnes KM, Watts J, Sangal V. Corynebacterium megadyptis sp. nov. with two subspecies, Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. megadyptis subsp. nov. and Corynebacterium megadyptis subsp. dunedinense subsp. nov. isolated from yellow-eyed penguins. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5713. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 36797