Caseobacter

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Caseobacter

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Caseobacter Crombach 1978, genus.
Type species: ¤ Caseobacter polymorphus Crombach 1978 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: L. n. caseus, cheese; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Caseobacter, cheese rod.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [CROMBACH (W.H.J.): Caseobacter polymorphus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryne-form bacterium from cheese. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 354-366.]

---> ¤ Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980).

Note: Collins et al. 1989 propose that ¤ Caseobacter polymorphus Crombach 1978 (Approved Lists 1980), the type species of the genus Caseobacter, is a later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Corynebacterium variabile corrig. (Müller 1961) Collins 1987. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Caseobacter to ¤ Corynebacterium.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), SMIDA (J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Caseobacter polymorphus (Crombach) to the genus Corynebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 7-9.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Caseobacter polymorphus Crombach 1978, species. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 33010 = DSM 20536 = HAMBI 2051 = JCM 1377 = LMD AC 256.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ222816.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. polymorphus (from Gr. adj. polumorphos -on), having many shapes, multiform.
References: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition). [CROMBACH (W.H.J.): Caseobacter polymorphus gen. nov., sp. nov., a coryne-form bacterium from cheese. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1978, 28, 354-366.]

---> ¤ Corynebacterium variabile corrig. (Müller 1961) Collins 1987.

Note: According to Collins et al. 1989, Caseobacter polymorphus Crombach 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) is a later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Corynebacterium variabile corrig. (Müller 1961) Collins 1987.
Reference: COLLINS (M.D.), SMIDA (J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Phylogenetic evidence for the transfer of Caseobacter polymorphus (Crombach) to the genus Corynebacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 7-9.
Original article in IJSEM Online