@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-6-1279, author = "Collins, M. D. and Jones, Dorothy and Schofield, Geraldine M.", title = "Reclassification of ‘Corynebacterium haemolyticum’ (MacLean, Liebow & Rosenberg) in the Genus Arcanobacterium gen.nov. as Arcanobacterium haemolyticum nom.rev., comb.nov", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1982", volume = "128", number = "6", pages = "1279-1281", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-6-1279", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-6-1279", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = " ‘Corynebacterium haemolyticum’ (MacLean, Liebow & Rosenberg) differs to such an extent from the type species of Corynebacterium, C. diphtheriae (Lehmann & Neumann), that it should be removed from this genus. Chemical and numerical phenetic data indicate that C. haemolyticum is a distinct taxon worthy of generic status. A new genus, Arcanobacterium, is described for the species A. haemolyticum (MacLean, Liebow & Rosenberg) nov.rev., comb.nov. The genus is tentatively placed within the coryneform group of bacteria. The type species of the genus is Arcanobacterium haemolyticum and the type strain is ATCC 9345.", }