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

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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.

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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Record number: 793716

Species Mycobacterium alsense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *alsense***