Species "Mycobacterium aquae"

Name: "Mycobacterium aquae" Muftic and Marcovici 1964

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’quae. L. gen. fem. n. aquae, of water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um A-kwa͡e, neuter

Original publication: Muftic M, Marcovici I. [ON THE VALUE OF THE AMIDASE PICTURE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIA CALLED "MYCOBACTERIUM AQUAE"]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1964; 106:138-142.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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.
- 🧍 This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Runyon EH. Rejection of Mycobacterium aquae. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1974; 24:532-533.
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Muftic M, Marcovici I. [ON THE VALUE OF THE AMIDASE PICTURE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIA CALLED "MYCOBACTERIUM AQUAE"]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1964; 106:138-142.

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Record number: 12039

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Species "Mycobacterium aquae"