Species ***Mycobacterium* *alvei***

Name: Mycobacterium alvei Ausina et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ve.i. L. gen. masc. n. alvei, of the bed of a river, referring to the place where this species was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51304; CIP 103464; CR-21; DSM 44176; JCM 12272

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF023664 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ausina V, Luquin M, Garcia Barcelo M, Laneelle MA, Levy-Frebault V, Belda F, Prats G. Mycobacterium alvei sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:529-535.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium alvei (Ausina et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ausina V, Luquin M, Garcia Barcelo M, Laneelle MA, Levy-Frebault V, Belda F, Prats G. Mycobacterium alvei sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:529-535.

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Species Mycobacterium alvei

Species ***Mycobacterium* *alvei***