Name: Mycolicibacter Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.co.li.ci.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. acidum mycolicum, mycolic acid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Mycolicibacter, a genus of mycolic acid containing rod-shaped bacteria

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Mycolicibacter-), my-ko-li-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Mycolicibacter terrae (Wayne 1966) 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
    Mycobacteroides Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. 3. Species within group 3. Am Rev Respir Dis 1966; 93:919-928.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Mycolicbacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Mycolicibacter 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: 14; ATCC: 6; JCM: 6; CIP: 5; KCTC: 4; CCUG: 4; NCTC: 2; LMG: 2; CECT: 1; MCCC: 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.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Mycolicibacillus from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 16

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mycolicibacter acidiphilus Xia et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter algericus (Sahraoui et al. 2011) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter arupensis (Cloud et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter engbaekii (Tortoli et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter heraklionensis (Tortoli et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter hiberniae (Kazda et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Mycolicibacter icosiumassiliensis" Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis (Masaki et al. 2007) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter longobardus (Tortoli et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter minnesotensis (Hannigan et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter nonchromogenicus (Tsukamura 1965) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter paraterrae (Lee et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Mycolicibacter senuensis (Mun et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Mycolicibacter sinensis" Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Mycolicibacter terrae (Wayne 1966) Gupta et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Mycolicibacter virginiensis" (Vasireddy et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2018	not validly published	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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