Subspecies Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes

Name: Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacillus acnes" Gilchrist 1900

Etymology: ac’nes. Gr. fem. n. akmê, a point, inaccurately transliterated as acne; N.L. gen. fem. n. acnes, of acne

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ku-ti-bak-TE-ri-um AK-nes AK-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 6919; CCUG 1794; CIP 53.117; DSM 1897; JCM 6425; LMG 16711; NCTC 737; NRRL B-4224; VKM Ac-1450

See detailed strain information at

Effective 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Dekio et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Propionibacterium acnes subsp. acnes (Gilchrist 1900) McDowell et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Dekio et al. 2019 Dekio I, McDowell A, Sakamoto M, Tomida S, Ohkuma M. Proposal of new combination, Cutibacterium acnes subsp. elongatum comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Cutibacterium, Cutibacterium acnes subsp. acnes and Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1087-1092. 🇯🇵 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Cutibacterium acnes subsp. defendens (McDowell et al. 2016) Nouioui et al. 2018 according to rule 40d. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TA". — 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: Cutibacterium acnes (Gilchrist 1900) Scholz and Kilian 2016

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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