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 = "+". — 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 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***