Genus Mycobacterium

Name: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.co.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), a mushroom, fungus; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Mycobacterium, a fungus rodlet

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Mycobacteri-), my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycolicibacillus Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycolicibacter Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacteroides Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Gupta et al. 2018 Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67. 🇨🇦 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.
  Notes:
  - ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 107 species from the genus.
- Meehan et al. 2021 Meehan CJ, Barco RA, Loh YE, Cogneau S, Rigouts L. Reconstituting the genus Mycobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4922. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.
- Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2023 Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723. 🇬🇧 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chester FD. Report of mycologist: bacteriological work. Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 1897; 9:38-145.
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Mycobacteriales Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Janke A. Allgemeine technische Mikrobiologie. I. Teil. Die Mikroorganismen. T. Steinkopf, Dresden und Leipzig, 1924.
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder Mycobacteriineae Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723. 🇬🇧
- 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
- 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Arabobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
- 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the order Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76. 🇬🇧
- 🧕 Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Nocardioform" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1983; 37:189-216.
- 🧕 Janke (1924) assigned this genus to the order Mycobacteriales Janke 1924 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Janke A. Allgemeine technische Mikrobiologie. I. Teil. Die Mikroorganismen. T. Steinkopf, Dresden und Leipzig, 1924.
- 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Mycobacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
- 🧕 Val-Calvo and Vazquez-Boland (2023) assigned this genus to the suborder Mycobacteriineae Val-Calvo and Vázquez-Boland 2024. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Vazquez-Boland JA. Mycobacteriales taxonomy using network analysis-aided, context-uniform phylogenomic approach for non-subjective genus demarcation. mBio 2023; 14:e0220723. 🇬🇧
- 🧒 Val-Calvo et al. (2025) assigned the subgenus Mycolicibacillus (Gupta et al. 2018) Val-Calvo et al. 2025 to this genus. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917. 🇬🇧
- 🧒 Val-Calvo et al. (2025) assigned the subgenus Mycolicibacter (Gupta et al. 2018) Val-Calvo et al. 2025 to this genus. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917. 🇬🇧
- 🧒 Val-Calvo et al. (2025) assigned the subgenus Mycolicibacterium (Gupta et al. 2018) Val-Calvo et al. 2025 to this genus. Publication: Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917. 🇬🇧
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Zopf W. Die Spaltpilze. Edward Trewendt, Breslau, 1883.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afycobacterium"; "Cobacterium"; "Iycobactcrium"; "Iycobacterium"; "Jlfycobacterium"; "Jllycobacterium"; "Jlycobaclerium"; "Jlycobacterium"; "Maycobacterium"; "Mgcobacterium"; "Mjicobacterium"; "Mjmbacterium"; "Mjwobacterium"; "Mqlcobacterium"; "Mucobactcrium"; "Mvcobaclrrium"; "Mvcobacterium"; "Myaobacterium"; "Mycabacierium"; "Mycabaclerium"; "Mycabactcrium"; "Mycabacterium"; "Mycabaczerium"; "Mycahacterium"; "Myccbacterium"; "Mycchacterium"; "Mycnbactcrium"; "Mycnbacterium"; "Mycnbarterrium"; "Mycobabterium"; "Mycobaccerium"; "Mycobacecrium"; "Mycobaceerium"; "Mycobacerium"; "Mycobacferium"; "Mycobacicrium"; "Mycobacienum"; "Mycobacierium"; "Mycobaclcrium"; "Mycobaclerium"; "Mycobaclerlunz"; "Mycobaclvrium"; "Mycobaclwium"; "Mycobacmrium"; "Mycobacrenum"; "Mycobacrerium"; "Mycobacrterium"; "Mycobacserium"; "Mycobactcrium"; "Mycobactcrlum"; "Mycobacteinum"; "Mycobacteirum"; "Mycobacteiuum"; "Mycobactemum"; "Mycobactenium"; "Mycobactenum"; "Mycobactenurn"; "Mycobacter"; "Mycobactercum"; "Mycobacteriae"; "Mycobacteriium"; "Mycobacteriiun"; "Mycobacterimn"; "Mycobacterinm"; "Mycobacteriu"; "Mycobacteriurn"; "Mycobacterivm"; "Mycobacteriwn"; "Mycobacterixim"; "Mycobacterjum"; "Mycobacterrum"; "Mycobactertum"; "Mycobacteruium"; "Mycobacterum"; "Mycobacterzum"; "Mycobactetium"; "Mycobactevium"; "Mycobactmiurn"; "Mycobactorium"; "Mycobactrerium"; "Mycobactrium"; "Mycobactuium"; "Mycobactvrium"; "Mycobactwium"; "Mycobactwrium"; "Mycobacwrium"; "Mycobaczarium"; "Mycobaczcrium"; "Mycobaczerium"; "Mycobamerium"; "Mycobanterium"; "Mycobaoterium"; "Mycobatcerium"; "Mycobaterium"; "Mycobavlarium"; "Mycobcaterium"; "Mycobcclerium"; "Mycobecterium"; "Mycobmzterium"; "Mycobnclcrium"; "Mycobncrerium"; "Mycobnctcrium"; "Mycobncterium"; "Mycobnoterium"; "Mycoboclerium"; "Mycoboctcrium"; "Mycobocterium"; "Mycobuclerium"; "Mycobuctcrium"; "Mycobucterium"; "Mycohaclerium"; "Mycohacterium"; "Mycohaoterium"; "Mycohcterium"; "Mycohucierium"; "Mycohucterium"; "Mycolacterium"; "Mycolmclerium"; "Mycolmcterium"; "Mycrobacterium"; "Mycubaclerium"; "Mycubacterium"; "Mycubactwium"; "Myeobaclerium"; "Myeobacterium"; "Myeobaterium"; "Mykobacterium"; "Mykobakterium"; "Mymbacterium"; "Myobacterium"; "Myocbacterium"; "Myocobacterium"; "Myoobacterium"; "Myoobaoterium"; "Myrobacterium"; "Myrubacterlum"; "Myruburlurium"; "Myvobacterium"; "Mywbacterium"; "Nfycobacterium"; "Xycobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Mycobacteria".
- 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1992. Publication: Levy-Frebault VV, Portaels F. Proposed minimal standards for the genus Mycobacterium and for description of new slowly growing Mycobacterium species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:315-323. 🇧🇪
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Brown-Elliott et al. (2018), Rhodes et al. (2005), Turenne et al. (2004), Torkko et al. (2002), Van Ingen et al. (2009). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 219; JCM: 152; ATCC: 137; CIP: 134; CCUG: 99; NCTC: 53; KCTC: 26; CECT: 14; HAMBI: 13; LMG: 11.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "sp. ''MCRO 33'': 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Excluding Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and non-BCG Mycobacterium bovis strains: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; default: 3 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3): 2; default: 2 except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3)". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🧍 Medical researchers opposed the dissection of the genus Mycobacterium into several genera. Publication: Tortoli E, Brown-Elliott BA, Chalmers JD, Cirillo DM, Daley CL, Emler S, Floto RA, Garcia MJ, Hoefsloot W, Koh WJ, et al. Same meat, different gravy: ignore the new names of mycobacteria. Eur Respir J 2019; 54:1900795. 🇮🇹
- 🧍 Meier-Kolthoff and Göker (2019) conducted a phylogenomic analysis of this genus. Publication: Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M. TYGS is an automated high-throughput platform for state-of-the-art genome-based taxonomy. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2182. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MYBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
- 🧍 See also Beye et al. (2018). Publication: Beye M, Fahsi N, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Careful use of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values for the identification of Mycobacterium species. New Microbes New Infect 2018; 22:24-29. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 See also Maeda and Kobayashi (2001). Publication: Maeda S, Kobayashi K. [Current topics on classification and nomenclature of bacteria. 6. Classification of Mycobacteria and future perspectives]. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 2001; 75:457-459.
- 🧍 See also Moore and Millar (2022). Publication: Moore JE, Millar BC. Helping map the taxonomical position of the Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) in cystic fibrosis. Int J Mycobacteriol 2022; 11:303-308. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 See also Tortoli et al. (2019). Publication: Tortoli E, Meehan CJ, Grottola A, Fregni Serpini G, Fabio A, Trovato A, Pecorari M, Cirillo DM. Genome-based taxonomic revision detects a number of synonymous taxa in the genus Mycobacterium. Infect Genet Evol 2019; 75:103983. 🇮🇹

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 219
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 233
Total number of child taxa: 313

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Mycobacterium abscessus" Moore and Frerichs 1953	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
Mycobacterium abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kusunoki and Ezaki 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium acapulcense corrig. (Gupta et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium acapulcensis" Bojalil et al. 1962	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium acidiphilum (Xia et al. 2022) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium adipatum" Deng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium africanum Castets et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium agri (ex Tsukamura 1972) Tsukamura 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium ahvazicum" Bouam et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium aichiense (ex Tsukamura 1973) Tsukamura 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium algericum Sahraoui et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium alsense Tortoli et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium alsiense" Richter et al. 2007	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium alvei Ausina et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium angelicum Pourahmad et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium antarcticum Shimada et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium anthracenicum" Trifonova et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium anyangense Kim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium appelbergii Roxo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium aquae" Muftic and Marcovici 1964	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium aquaticum Hashemi Shahraki et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium aquiterrae Lee and Whang 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium arabiense Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium arcueilense Konjek et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium aromaticivorans Hennessee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium arosiense Bang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium arseniciresistens (Zhu et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium arupense Cloud et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium asiaticum Weiszfeiler et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium attenuatum Tagini et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium aubagnense Adékambi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium aurantiacum (Pan et al. 2022) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium aurum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium austroafricanum Tsukamura et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
Mycobacterium bacteremicum Brown-Elliott et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium baixiangningiae (Cheng et al. 2021) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium balnei" Linell and Norden 1954	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium barrassiae Adékambi et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium basiliense Seth-Smith et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium boenickei Schinsky et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium bohemicum Reischl et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium bolletii Adékambi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Mycobacterium borstelense" Bönicke 1965	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium botniense Torkko et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense Ben Salah et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium bourgelatii Guérin-Faublée et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium branderi Koukila-Kähkölä et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium brasiliensis" Lazzarini et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium brisbanense Schinsky et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium brumae Luquin et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium bulgaricum" Zimenkov et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium burgundiense Iversen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium buruli" Clancey 1964	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium camsae Mei et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium canariasense Jiménez et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium canetti" van Soolingen et al. 1997	not validly published	synonym
"Mycobacterium canettii" Van Soolingen et al. 1997	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Aranaz et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium celatum Butler et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium celeriflavum Shahraki et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium chelonei Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
"Mycobacterium chesapeaki" Heckert et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium chimaera Tortoli et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium chitae Tsukamura 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Briglia et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Häggblom et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium chubuense (ex Tsukamura 1973) Tsukamura 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium coeliacum" Gray and Thornton 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
Mycobacterium colombiense Murcia et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium conceptionense Adékambi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium confluentis Kirschner et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium conspicuum Springer et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium cookii Kazda et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium cosmeticum Cooksey et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium crassicus" Romagnoli et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium crocinum Hennessee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium cyprinidarum (Matsumoto et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium decipiens Brown-Elliott et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium deserti" Deng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium diernhoferi (ex Bönicke and Juhasz 1965) Tsukamura et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus" He et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium doricum Tortoli et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium duvalii Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium eburneum Nouioui et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium elephantis Shojaei et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium engbaekii Tortoli et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium erythropolis" Gray and Thornton 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
Mycobacterium europaeum Tortoli et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium fallax Lévy-Frébault et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium farcinogenes Chamoiseau 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium flavescens Bojalil et al. 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium flavum" Hauduroy et al. 1953	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium florentinum Tortoli et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans Hormisch et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
Mycobacterium fragae Ramos et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium franklinii Nogueira et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium frederiksbergense Willumsen et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium fukienense" Zhang et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium gadium Casal and Calero 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium gallinarum" Tsukamura et al. 1967	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium gastri Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium genavense Böttger et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium genitalium" Abratt et al. 1998	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium giae" Darzins 1950	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium gilvum Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium globerulum" Gray 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym
Mycobacterium goodii Brown et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium gordonae Bojalil et al. 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium grossiae Paniz-Mondolfi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium hackensackense" Hong et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium haemophilum Sompolinsky et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium hainanense" Kuang et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium hassiacum Schröder et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium heckeshornense Roth et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium heidelbergense Haas et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium helveticum Ghielmetti et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium helvum Tran and Dahl 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium hemophilum" Millar et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium heraklionense Tortoli et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium hiberniae Kazda et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium hippocampi Balcázar et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium hippophais" Deng et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium hodleri Kleespies et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium holsaticum Richter et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium holstebronense Iversen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium houstonense Schinsky et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium hubeiense" Yu et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis" Djouadi et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium immunogenum Wilson et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium indicuspranii" Saini et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium innocens Tagini et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium insubricum Tortoli et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium interjectum Springer et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium intermedium Meier et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium intracellulare corrig. (Cuttino and McCabe 1949) Runyon 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium intracellularis (Cuttino and McCabe 1949) Runyon 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Mycobacterium iranicum Shojaei et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium jacuzzii" Rahav et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium jinjuensis" Trinh et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kiyosense Fukano et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kokjensenii Iversen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium komaniense Gcebe et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium komanii" Gcebe et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium komossense Kazda and Müller 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium koreense Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kubicae Floyd et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kumamotonense Masaki et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kyogaense Nouioui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium kyorinense Okazaki et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium lacus Turenne et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium lacusdiani (Xiao et al. 2023) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium lehmannii Nouioui et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium lentiflavum Springer et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen 1880) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium lepraefelis" O'Brien et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
Mycobacterium lepraemurium Marchoux and Sorel 1912 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium lepromatosis" Han et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium liflandii" Mve-Obiang et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium lipsiensis" Theuss et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium litorale Zhang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium llatzerense Gomila et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium longobardum Tortoli et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium lufu" Portaels 1980	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium lutetiense Konjek et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium madagascariense Kazda et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium mageritense Domenech et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium malmesburii" Gcebe et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium malmesburyense Gcebe et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium malmoense Schröder and Juhlin 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium manitobense" Turenne et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium mantenii van Ingen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium marinum Aronson 1926 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium marseillense Ben Salah et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium massiliense Adékambi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Mycobacterium massilipolynesiensis" Phelippeau et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium mengxiangliae corrig. (Cheng et al. 2021) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium mephinesia" Saad et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium methanica" Kambara et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium methanotrophicum" van Spanning et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium minnesotense Hannigan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium monacense Reischl et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium montefiorense Levi et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium montmartrense Konjek et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium moriokaense Tsukamura et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium mucogenicum Springer et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium mungi" Alexander et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium murale Vuorio et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium nativiensis" Romagnoli et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium nebraskense Mohamed et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium neglectum Nouioui et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium neoaurum Tsukamura 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium neumannii Nouioui et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium neworleansense Schinsky et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium nivoides (Dahl et al. 2021) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Tsukamura 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium noviomagense van Ingen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium novocastrense Shojaei et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium novusgordonae" Hashimoto et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium numidiamassiliense" Bouam et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium obuense (ex Tsukamura and Mizuno 1971) Tsukamura and Mizuno 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium orygis" van Ingen et al. 2012	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium oryzae Ramaprasad et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium ostraviense" Jagielski et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium palauense Nouioui et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pallens Hennessee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium palustre Torkko et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paraense Fusco da Costa et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium paraffinicum" Davis et al. 1956	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium paraffinicum (ex Davis et al. 1956) Toney et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium parafortuitum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paragordonae Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paraintracellulare Lee et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium parakoreense Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum Turenne et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paraseoulense Lee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium paratuberculosis Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium parmense Fanti et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium peregrinum (ex Bojalil et al. 1962) Kusunoki and Ezaki 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium persicum Shahraki et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium phlei Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium phocaicum Adékambi et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium pinniadriaticum" Špičić et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium pinnipedii Cousins et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Mycobacterium polyniensis" Keita et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium porcinum Tsukamura et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium poriferae Padgitt and Moshier 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pseudokansasii Tagini et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii Rhodes et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium psychrotolerans Trujillo et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pulveris Tsukamura et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pumcae Mei et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium pyrenivorans Derz et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium ratisbonense" Berekaa and Steinbüchel 2000	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium rhizamassiliense" Bouam et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium rhodesiae (ex Tsukamura et al. 1971) Tsukamura 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium riyadhense van Ingen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium rufum Hennessee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium runyonii" Bojalil et al. 1962	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium rutilum Hennessee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium salfingeri Musser et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium salmoniphilum" Ross 1960	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium salmoniphilum (ex Ross 1960) Whipps et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium saopaulense Nogueira et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium sarraceniae Tran and Dahl 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium saskatchewanense Turenne et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Prissick and Masson 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium sediminis Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium senegalense (Chamoiseau 1973) Chamoiseau 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium senriense Abe et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium senuense Mun et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium seoulense Mun et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium septicum Schinsky et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium servetii Tristancho-Baró et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium setense Lamy et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium sherrisii van Ingen et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium shigaense Fukano et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium shimoidei (ex Tsukamura et al. 1975) Tsukamura 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium shingordonae" Hashimoto et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium shinjukuense Saito et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium shinshuense" Faber et al. 2000	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium shottsii Rhodes et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium simiae Karassova et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium simulans" Tortoli et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium sinense" Zhang et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium sphagni Kazda 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium spongiae" Pidot et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium stellerae (Nouioui et al. 2019) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium stephanolepidis Fukano et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium stomatepiae Pourahmad et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium suricattae" Parsons et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium syngnathidarum Fogelson et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium szulgai Marks et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium talmoniae Davidson et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense" O'Brien et al. 2017	not validly published	pro-correct name
"Mycobacterium terrae" Tsukamura 1966	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium terramassiliense" Bouam et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium thermoresistibile Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium tilburgii" Richter et al. 2000	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium timonense Ben Salah et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium tokaiense (ex Tsukamura 1973) Tsukamura 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium triplex Floyd et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium triviale Kubica et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium tusciae Tortoli et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium uberis" Benjak et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium ulcerans MacCallum et al. 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium vaccae Bönicke and Juhasz 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium valentiae" Sabater et al. 1978	not validly published	preferred name
"Mycobacterium valentiae" Sabater and Amador 1978	not validly published	synonym
Mycobacterium vanbaalenii Khan et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Mycobacterium vasticus" Romagnoli et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium vicinigordonae Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium vinylchloridicum (Cortés-Albayay et al. 2023) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium virginiense Vasireddy et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Mycobacterium visibilis" Appleyard and Clark 2002	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium vulneris van Ingen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium wendilense Iversen et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium wolinskyi Brown et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Candidatus Mycobacterium wuenschmannii" Zeineldin et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Mycobacterium xanthum (Pan et al. 2022) Göker et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium xenopei Schwabacher 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Mycobacterium xenopi corrig. Schwabacher 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium yongonense Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Mycobacterium zoologicum" Romagnoli et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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