Name: Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pul.mo’nis. L. gen. masc. n. pulmonis, of the lung, referring to the organ from which the bacterium was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700081; CCUG 35732; CIP 104791; DSM 44142; IMMIB D-1321; JCM 10111

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16S rRNA gene: X92981 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Burghardt J, Rifai M, Seifert P, Feldmann K, Schaal KP. Tsukamurella pulmonis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:429-436.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Teng et al. 2016 Teng JL, Tang Y, Huang Y, Guo FB, Wei W, Chen JH, Wong SS, Lau SK, Woo PC. Phylogenomic Analyses and Reclassification of Species within the Genus Tsukamurella: Insights to Species Definition in the Post-genomic Era. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1137. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 2007. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • ⏰ According to Teng et al. (2016), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 2007. Publication: Teng JL, Tang Y, Huang Y, Guo FB, Wei W, Chen JH, Wong SS, Lau SK, Woo PC. Phylogenomic Analyses and Reclassification of Species within the Genus Tsukamurella: Insights to Species Definition in the Post-genomic Era. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1137.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 50 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: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Rainey FA, Brzezinka H, Burghardt J, Rifai M, Seifert P, Feldmann K, Schaal KP. Tsukamurella pulmonis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:429-436.

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