Species ***Mycobacterium* *attenuatum***

Name: Mycobacterium attenuatum Tagini et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.te.nu.a’tum. L. neut. adj. attenuatum, attenuated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … at-te-nu-A-tum, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 72127; DSM 107153; MK41

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16S rRNA gene: LS999934 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tagini F, Aeby S, Bertelli C, Droz S, Casanova C, Prod'hom G, Jaton K, Greub G. Phylogenomics reveal that Mycobacterium kansasii subtypes are species-level lineages. Description of Mycobacterium pseudokansasii sp. nov., Mycobacterium innocens sp. nov. and Mycobacterium attenuatum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1696-1704. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2630-2631.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🫡 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 pathogenicity of the species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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

Assigned by: Tagini F, Aeby S, Bertelli C, Droz S, Casanova C, Prod'hom G, Jaton K, Greub G. Phylogenomics reveal that Mycobacterium kansasii subtypes are species-level lineages. Description of Mycobacterium pseudokansasii sp. nov., Mycobacterium innocens sp. nov. and Mycobacterium attenuatum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1696-1704. 🇨🇭

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Species Mycobacterium attenuatum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *attenuatum***