Name: Coriobacterium glomerans Haas and König 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo’me.rans. L. part. adj. glomerans, agglomerating, the cells form flocculent, wooly sediments with a clear supernatant in fluid media

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49209; DSM 20642; JCM 10262; PW2

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16S rRNA gene: X79048 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Haas F, König H. Coriobacterium glomerans gen. nov., sp. nov. from the intestinal tract of the red soldier bug. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:382-384.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Coriobacterium Haas and König 1988. Publication: Haas F, König H. Coriobacterium glomerans gen. nov., sp. nov. from the intestinal tract of the red soldier bug. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:382-384.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Zeytun A, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, et al. Complete genome sequence of Coriobacterium glomerans type strain (PW2^T) from the midgut of Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (red soldier bug). Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:15-25.

Parent taxon: Coriobacterium Haas and König 1988

Assigned by: Haas F, König H. Coriobacterium glomerans gen. nov., sp. nov. from the intestinal tract of the red soldier bug. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:382-384.

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