Mycobacterium diphtheriae Dataset NCBI Taxonomy Classification phylum Actinomycetota class Actinomycetes order Mycobacteriales family Corynebacteriaceae genus Corynebacterium species Corynebacterium diphtheriae Name Homonyms Mycobacterium diphtheriae "Mycobacterium diphtheriae" (Kruse 1886) Krasil'nikov 1941