Belongs within: Corynebacteriales.
Corynebacterium is a diverse genus of high G+C, rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria found in a wide range of habitats, including soil, aquatic habitats or in association with animal tissues (Vela et al. 2003).
<==Corynebacterium Lehmann & Neumann 1896 [Corynebacteriaceae]NC18 |--+--C. ulceribovis Yassin 2009NC18 | `--+--+--C. sphenisci Goyache et al. 2003NC18 | | `--C. sputi Yassin & Siering 2008NC18 | `--+--+--C. amycolatumNC18 | | `--C. lactis Wiertz et al. 2013NC18 | `--+--C. hanseniiNC18 | `--+--C. freneyiNC18 | `--C. xerosis (Lehmann & Neumann 1896) Lehmann & Neumann 1899VM03, NC18 `--+--+--C. kroppenstedtii Collins et al. 1998NC18 | `--+--+--C. glyciniphilumNC18 | | `--+--C. nuruki Shin et al. 2011NC18 | | `--+--C. terpenotabidumNC18 | | `--+--C. mooreparkense Brennan et al. 2001NC18, JC08 | | `--+--C. polymorphusNC18 | | `--C. variabileNC18 | `--+--C. bovisVM03 | `--+--C. urealyticum Pitcher et al. 1992NC18 | `--+--+--C. falsenii Sjödén et al. 1998NC18, VM03 | | `--C. jeikeium Jackman et al. 1988NC18 | `--+--C. suicordis Vela, Mateos et al. 2003VM03 | `--+--C. auriscanis Collins et al. 2000NC18 | `--C. resistens Otsuka et al. 2005NC18 `--+--+--C. pyruviciproducensNC18 | `--+--C. glucuronolyticum Funke et al. 1995NC18 | `--C. seminale Riegel et al. 1996NC18 `--+--+--+--C. ciconiae Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 2004NC18 | | `--C. trachiaeNC18 | `--+--C. epidermidicanis Frischmann et al. 2012NC18 | `--+--+--C. aquilae Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 2003NC18 | | `--C. argentoratense Riegel et al. 1995NC18 | `--+--C. canisNC18 | `--C. freiburgense Funke et al. 2009NC18 `--+--+--C. pelargiNC18 | `--+--+--C. matruchotii (Mendel 1919) Collins 1983NC18 [=Bacterionema matruchotiiS92] | | `--C. mustelae Funke et al. 2010NC18 | `--+--+--C. kutscheri (Migula 1900) Bergey et al. 1925NC18 | | `--C. vitaeruminisNC18 | `--+--*C. diphtheriae (Kruse 1886) Lehmann & Neumann 1896NC18 | `--+--C. pseudotuberculosis (Buchanan 1911) Eberson 1918VM03, NC18 | `--C. ulceransVM03 `--+--C. spheniscorum Goyache, Vela et al. 2003NC18, GV03 `--+--+--C. durumVM03 | `--+--+--C. caspium Collins et al. 2004NC18 | | `--C. renale (Migula 1900) Ernst 1906NC18 | `--+--*Turicella otitidisNC18, VM03 | `--+--+--C. atypicum Hall et al. 2003NC18 | | `--C. frankenforstense Wiertz et al. 2013NC18 | `--+--C. lowiiNC18 | `--+--C. mastitidis Fernandez-Garayzabal et al. 1997NC18 | `--C. oculiNC18 `--+--+--+--+--C. efficiens Fudou et al. 2002NC18 | | | `--C. faecaleNC18 | | `--+--C. callunae (Lee & Good 1963) Yamada & Komagata 1972NC18 | | `--+--C. deserti Zhou et al. 2012NC18 | | `--+--C. crudilactisNC18 | | `--C. glutamicum (Kinoshita et al. 1958) Abe et al. 1967NC18 | `--+--C. halotolerans Chen et al. 2004NC18 | `--+--+--C. atrinaeNC18 | | `--C. testudinoris Collins et al. 2001NC18 | `--+--C. marinum Du et al. 2010NC18 | `--+--C. humireducens Wu et al. 2011NC18 | `--+--C. nasicanisNC18 | `--C. pollutisoliNC18 `--+--+--+--C. propinquumNC18 | | `--C. pseudodiphtheriticum Lehmann & Neumann 1896NC18 | `--+--+--C. confusumNC18 | | `--C. massiliense Merhej et al. 2009NC18 | `--+--+--C. casei Brennan et al. 2001NC18, JC08 | | `--+--C. ammoniagenes (Cooke & Keith 1927) Collins 1987NC18 | | `--C. stationisNC18 | `--+--C. phocaeNC18 | `--+--C. camporealensis Fernández-Garayzábal et al. 1998NC18 | `--+--+--C. tuberculostearicumNC18 | | `--+--C. accolens Neubaur et al. 1991NC18 | | `--C. macginleyiVM03 | `--+--C. flavescens Barksdale et al. 1979NC18, VM03 | `--+--+--C. simulansNC18 | | `--C. striatum (Chester 1901) Eberson 1918NC18 | `--+--+--C. aurimucosum Yassin, Steiner & Ludwig 2002NC18, JC08 | | `--C. nigricans Shukla, Bernard et al. 2004VP NC18, IJSEM04 | `--+--C. minutissimum (ex Sarkany et al. 1962) Collins & Jones 1983NC18 | `--C. singulare Riegel et al. 1997NC18 `--+--+--+--C. guangdongenseNC18 | | `--C. marisNC18 | `--+--C. doosanense Lee et al. 2009NC18 | `--+--C. tapiriNC18 | `--C. uterequi Hoyles et al. 2013NC18 `--+--+--C. lubricantis Kämpfer et al. 2009NC18 | `--+--C. cystitidis Yanagawa & Honda 1978NC18 | `--C. pilosumNC18 `--+--+--C. riegeliiVM03 | `--+--C. sundsvallenseVM03 | `--C. thomsseniiVM03 `--+--C. appendicis Yassin et al. 2002NC18 `--+--+--+--C. lipophiloflavumNC18 | | `--C. mycetoides (ex Castellani 1942) Collins 1983NC18, VM03 | `--+--C. aurisVM03 | |--C. capitovis Collins et al. 2001NC18 | `--C. timonense Merhej et al. 2009NC18 `--+--C. imitans Funke et al. 1997NC18 `--+--C. glaucumNC18 `--+--C. coyleaeNC18 `--+--C. mucifaciensNC18 `--+--C. ureicelerivorans Yassin 2007NC18 `--+--C. afermentans Riegel et al. 1993NC18 | |--C. a. ssp. afermentansNC18 | `--C. a. ssp. lipophilumNC18 `--C. pilbarenseNC18 Corynebacterium incertae sedis: C. aquatimensNC18 C. dismutansPHK96 C. felinumVM03 C. insidiosumK-WK92 C. manihotPHK96 C. michiganenseKC01 C. nephridiiZ92 C. simplexPHK96 C. triticiS00 C. tuscanienseNC18 C. uropygialeNC18
*Type species of generic name indicated
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