corynebacterium otitidis corynebacterium otitidis corynebacterium otitidis is a coryneform gram-positive bacterium first isolated from patients with otitis media. corynebacterium otitidis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: corynebacteriaceae genus: corynebacterium species: c. otitidis binomial name corynebacterium otitidis(funke et al. 1994) baek et al. 2018 type strain 234234/92atcc 51513ccug 32254cip 104075dsm 8821jcm 12146lmg 19071 synonyms turicella otitidis funke et al. 1994