corynebacterium alimapuense corynebacterium alimapuense corynebacterium alimapuense is a species of bacteria in the genus corynebacterium that was described as a novel species in 2019. it is a gram positive, non-motile, aerobic bacterium that does not form spores. its type strain (va37-3t = ccug 69366t = ncimb 15118t) was isolated from marine sediment from valparaíso bay, chile. the draft genome sequence of the type strain is deposited in dna data bank of japan, european nucleotide archive and genbank under the accession number ptjo00000000. corynebacterium alimapuense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: corynebacteriaceae genus: corynebacterium species: c. alimapuense binomial name corynebacterium alimapuenseclaverias et al. 2019