Species ***Mycobacterium* *aurum***

Name: Mycobacterium aurum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au’rum. L. neut. n. aurum, the gold, the color of gold, intended to mean gold-pigmented

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23366; CCUG 37666; CIP 104465; DSM 43999; HAMBI 2275; JCM 6366; LMG 19255; NCTC 10437; NRRL B-4037

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X55595 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tsukamura M. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1966; 45:253-273.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium aurum (Tsukamura 1966) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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.

Notes:
- According to Simmon et al. 2009, except for the type strain, ATCC culture collection strains of Mycobacterium aurum are incorrectly annotated. The authors propose that the majority of Mycobacterium aurum strains belong to the Mycobacterium neoaurum-"Mycobacterium lacticola" relatedness group. These findings together with a review of isolates identified at two large reference laboratories suggest that Mycobacterium aurum is not a clinically significant isolate. Publication: Simmon KE, Low YY, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJJ, Petti CA. Phylogenetic analysis of Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium neoaurum with redescription of M. aurum culture collection strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1371-1375.

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

Assigned by: Tsukamura M. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1966; 45:253-273.

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Species Mycobacterium aurum