Name: Mycobacteroides Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.co.bac.ter.o.i’des. N.L. neut. n. Mycobacterium, a bacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling; N.L. neut. n. Mycobacteroides, a genus resembling Mycobacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Mycobacteroid-), my-ko-bak-ter-o-I-des

Type species: Mycobacteroides abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Gupta et al. 2018

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    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

• Emendations:
  • 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:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kusunoki S, Ezaki T. Proposal of Mycobacterium peregrinum sp. nov., nom. rev., and elevation of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus (Kubica et al.) to species status: Mycobacterium abscessus comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:240-245.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Adekambi et al. (2006), Val-Calvo et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Mycobacteroides is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; ATCC: 5; CCUG: 3; JCM: 3; NCTC: 2; CIP: 2; LMG: 1; KCTC: 1; TMC: 1.
  • 🧍 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mycobacteroides abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides chelonae (Bergey et al. 1923) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides franklinii (Nogueira et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides immunogenum (Wilson et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides salmoniphilum (Whipps et al. 2007 ex Ross 1960) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides saopaulense (Nogueira et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycobacteroides stephanolepidis (Fukano et al. 2017) Val-Calvo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Mycobacteriaceae Chester 1897 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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