Species ***Mycobacterium* *alsense***

Name: Mycobacterium alsense Tortoli et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: als.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. alsense, of, or belonging to, the isle of Als, Denmark, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 56586; DSM 45230; TB 1906

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ938169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tortoli E, Richter E, Borroni E, Cabibbe AM, Capitolo E, Cittaro D, Engel R, Hendricks O, Hillemann D, Kristiansen JE, et al. Mycobacterium alsense sp. nov., a scotochromogenic slow grower isolated from clinical respiratory specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:450-456.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycobacterium alsiense" Richter et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 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. 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.

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 1 time 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: Tortoli E, Richter E, Borroni E, Cabibbe AM, Capitolo E, Cittaro D, Engel R, Hendricks O, Hillemann D, Kristiansen JE, et al. Mycobacterium alsense sp. nov., a scotochromogenic slow grower isolated from clinical respiratory specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:450-456.

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Species Mycobacterium alsense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *alsense***