Reclassification of ‘Corynebacterium haemolyticum’ (MacLean, Liebow & Rosenberg) in the Genus Arcanobacterium gen.nov. as Arcanobacterium haemolyticum nom.rev., comb.nov
‘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.
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