Species ***Mycobacterium* *heraklionense***

Name: Mycobacterium heraklionense Tortoli et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.ra.kli.on.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. heraklionense, of or belonging to Heraklion, the city in Crete where many strains were isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 7509; DSM 46753; GN-1; LMG 24735; NCTC 13432

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU084182 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tortoli E, Gitti Z, Klenk HP, Lauria S, Mannino R, Mantegani P, Mariottini A, Neonakis I. Survey of 150 strains belonging to the Mycobacterium terrae complex and description of Mycobacterium engbaekii sp. nov., Mycobacterium heraklionense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium longobardum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:401-411.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacter heraklionensis (Tortoli et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. 3. Species within group 3. Am Rev Respir Dis 1966; 93:919-928. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 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: Tortoli E, Gitti Z, Klenk HP, Lauria S, Mannino R, Mantegani P, Mariottini A, Neonakis I. Survey of 150 strains belonging to the Mycobacterium terrae complex and description of Mycobacterium engbaekii sp. nov., Mycobacterium heraklionense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium longobardum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:401-411.

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Species Mycobacterium heraklionense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *heraklionense***