Taxonomy browser Taxonomy Browser (Corynebacterium diphtheriae)

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Taxonomy ID: 1717 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1717)

current name

Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896

type strain of Corynebacterium diphtheriae: ATCC : 27010 , CIP : 100721 , DSM : 44123 , NCTC : 11397

homotypic synonym:

"Bacillus diphtheriae" Kruse in Flugge 1886 , effective name¹⁾

"Bacterium diphtheriae" (Kruse 1886) Migula 1900 , effective name²⁾

"Mycobacterium diphtheriae" (Kruse 1886) Krasil'nikov 1941 , effective name³⁾

Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 emend. Nouioui et al. 2018 , emended name⁴⁾ in [Nouioui I et al. (2018c)]

NCBI BLAST name: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym "Pacinia loeffleri" Trevisan 1889 , effective name⁵⁾

heterotypic synonym "Microsporon diphtheriticum" Klebs 1883 , effective name⁶⁾

heterotypic synonym "Microsporon diphthericum" (sic) Klebs 1875 , effective name⁷⁾

Lineage(full): cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Mycobacteriales; Corynebacteriaceae; Corynebacterium

Notes:

1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
2) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
4) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
5) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
6) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
7) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Nouioui I et al. (2018c) , doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02007 , Pubmed: abstract

Nouioui, I., Carro, L., García-López, M., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Woyke, T., Kyrpides, N.C., Pukall, R., Klenk, H.-P., Goodfellow, M., and Göker M. "Genome-based taxonomic classification of the phylum Actinobacteria." Front. Microbiol. (2018) 9:2007.

Riegel P et al. (1995b)

Riegel, P., Ruimy, R., de Briel, D., Prevost, G., Jehl, F., Christen, R., and Monteil, H. "Taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and related taxa, with recognition of Corynebacterium ulcerans sp. nov. nom. rev." FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1995) 126:271-276.

Riegel P et al. (1995b) - note

Until Sept 1997, our taxonomy listed Corynebacterium ulcerans as a synonym for Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Riebel et al. (1995) have revived the name Corynebacterium ulcerans, and we have re-established it as a separate species in our taxonomy database.

Skerman VBD et al. (1980)

Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420. [No PubMed record available.]

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.