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: A corynebacterium, designated AJ 3170(T), was isolated in the eighties from putrefied bananas. Since then, no further updates concerning the strain description or phylogenetic classification of this species were made. However, phylogenetic analysis of this strain using 16S rRNA and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization confirms the membership to the genus Corynebacterium and clusters AJ 3170(T) with Corynebacterium variabile DSM 44702(T), Corynebacterium terpenotabidum IFO 14764(T) and Corynebacterium nuruki S6-4(T) in one subgroup. Furthermore, a combination of enzymatic, chemical, and morphological characterization technics was applied to describe the strain AJ 3170(T). The strain grows well at pH 6-10 and at 30-41 °C. The predominant major fatty acids were C16:0 (42.15 %), C18:1 ω9c (41.6 %) and C18:0 10-methyl (TBSA) (8.56 %). Cell wall and whole-cell sugar composition could be determined. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characterization, it is proposed that the strain AJ 3170(T) represents a novel species, for which the name Corynebacterium glyciniphilum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AJ 3170(T) (=DSM 45795(T) =ATCC 21341(T)).