Name:Corynebacteriumurealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:
u.re.a.ly.ti.cum. Chem. fem. n.urea, urea; N.L. neut. adj.lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj.lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj.urealyticum, urea dissolving [probably better: ureilyticum]
Valid publication:
Pitcher D, Soto A, Soriano F, Valero-Guillen P. Classification of coryneform bacteria associated with human urinary tract infection (group D2) as Corynebacterium urealyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:178-181.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
2
Emendations:
Nouioui et al. 2018
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.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
Notes:
😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
🎓 Name mentioned 150 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
🧍 Corynebacterium urealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992 was previously known as CDC coryneform group D-2.Publication:
Coyle MB, Lipsky BA. Coryneform bacteria in infectious diseases: clinical and laboratory aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev 1990; 3:227-246.
Assigned by:
Pitcher D, Soto A, Soriano F, Valero-Guillen P. Classification of coryneform bacteria associated with human urinary tract infection (group D2) as Corynebacterium urealyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:178-181.
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