Species ***Mycobacterium* *arabiense***

Name: Mycobacterium arabiense Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ra.bi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. arabiense, of or belonging to Arabia, referring to the isolation of the type strain in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Pronunciation, gender: a-ra-bi-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: DSM 45768; JCM 18538; YIM 121001

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC010491 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DF, Chen X, Zhang XM, Zhi XY, Yao JC, Jiang Y, Xiong Z, Li WJ. Mycobacterium sediminis sp. nov. and Mycobacterium arabiense sp. nov., two rapidly growing members of the genus Mycobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4081-4086.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium arabiense (Zhang et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

Assigned by: Zhang DF, Chen X, Zhang XM, Zhi XY, Yao JC, Jiang Y, Xiong Z, Li WJ. Mycobacterium sediminis sp. nov. and Mycobacterium arabiense sp. nov., two rapidly growing members of the genus Mycobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4081-4086.

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Record number: 791273

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Species Mycobacterium arabiense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *arabiense***