Species ***Mycobacterium* *avium***

Name: Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’vi.um. L. gen. fem. n. avis, a bird; L. gen. fem. pl. n. avium, of birds

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25291; CCUG 20992; CIP 104244; DSM 44156; NCTC 13034; no type strain designated originally

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16S rRNA gene: AJ536037 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense Ben Salah et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Wayne 1966 Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. 3. Species within group 3. Am Rev Respir Dis 1966; 93:919-928.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 As of 2022-11-26 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
- Thorel et al. 1990 Thorel MF, Krichevsky M, Levy-Frebault VV. Numerical taxonomy of mycobactin-dependent mycobacteria, emended description of Mycobacterium avium, and description of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium subsp. nov., Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis subsp. nov., and Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum subsp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:254-260.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense Ben Salah et al. 2009. Publication: 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.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3; avium: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3; silvaticum: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3; strains wood pigeon: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; complex: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "complex: 2; default: 2 ". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "complex: 2 P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "complex: 2; default: 2 complex". — 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 9999 times (maxed out) in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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.
- 🧍 Conserved epithet (Judicial Opinion 47). Only conservation of an epithet, and over all earlier homotypic synonyms. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 47. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1973; 23:472.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Bergey et al. 1923) Thorel et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium (Chester 1901) Thorel et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901.

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Species Mycobacterium avium

Species ***Mycobacterium* *avium***