Corynebacterium

See also: corynebacterium

Translingual

Corynebacterium diphtheriae, stained with methylene blue

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κορύνη (korúnē, “club, mace”) + bacterium.

Proper noun

Corynebacterium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mycobacteriaceae – gram-positive bacteria, including the species that causes diphtheria.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Posibacteria - subkingdom; Actinobacteriota - phylum; Actinomycetia - class; Mycobacteriales - order; Mycobacteriaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Corynebacterium diphtheriae - type species; Corynebacterium accolens, Corynebacterium afermentans, Corynebacterium ammoniagenes, Corynebacterium amycolatum, Corynebacterium appendicis, Corynebacterium aquilae, Corynebacterium argentoratense, Corynebacterium atypicum, Corynebacterium aurimucosum, Corynebacterium auris, Corynebacterium auriscanis, Corynebacterium betae, Corynebacterium beticola, Corynebacterium bovis, Corynebacterium callunae, Corynebacterium camporealensis, Corynebacterium capitovis, Corynebacterium casei, Corynebacterium caspium, Corynebacterium ciconiae, Corynebacterium confusum, Corynebacterium coyleae, Corynebacterium cystitidis, Corynebacterium durum, Corynebacterium efficiens, Corynebacterium equi, Corynebacterium falsenii, Corynebacterium fascians, Corynebacterium felinum, Corynebacterium flaccumfaciens, Corynebacterium flavescens, Corynebacterium freneyi, Corynebacterium glaucum, Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium halotolerans, Corynebacterium hoagii, Corynebacterium ilicis, Corynebacterium imitans, Corynebacterium insidiosum, Corynebacterium iranicum, Corynebacterium jeikeium, Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii, Corynebacterium kutscheri, Corynebacterium lipophiloflavum, Corynebacterium liquefaciens, Corynebacterium macginleyi, Corynebacterium mastitidis, Corynebacterium matruchotii, Corynebacterium mediolaneum, Corynebacterium michiganense, Corynebacterium minutissimum, Corynebacterium mooreparkense, Corynebacterium mucifaciens, Corynebacterium mycetoides, Corynebacterium nebraskense, Corynebacterium nigricans, Corynebacterium oortii, Corynebacterium paurometabolum, Corynebacterium phocae, Corynebacterium pilosum, Corynebacterium poinsettiae, Corynebacterium propinquum, Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum, Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Corynebacterium pyogenes, Corynebacterium rathayi, Corynebacterium renale, Corynebacterium resistens, Corynebacterium riegelii, Corynebacterium sepedonicum, Corynebacterium simulans, Corynebacterium singulare, Corynebacterium sphenisci, Corynebacterium spheniscorum, Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium suicordis, Corynebacterium sundsvallense, Corynebacterium terpenotabidum, Corynebacterium testudinoris, Corynebacterium thomssenii, Corynebacterium tritici, Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, Corynebacterium ulcerans, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Corynebacterium variabile, Corynebacterium vitaeruminis, Corynebacterium xerosis - other species

References

• Corynebacterium in the Genome Taxonomy Database