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Species Mycobacterium bacteremicum

Name: Mycobacterium bacteremicum Brown-Elliott et al. 2012

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: bac.te.re’mi.cum. N.L. fem. n. bacteremia, bacteremia; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. bacteremicum, pertaining to bacteremia, referring to the organism's association with bloodstream infections

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um bak-te-RE-mi-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25791; DSM 45578

16S rRNA gene: FJ172308 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJJ, Petti CA, Mann LB, McGlasson M, Chihara S, Smith GL, Painter P, Hail D, Wilson R, et al. Mycobacterium neoaurum and Mycobacterium bacteremicum sp. nov. as causes of mycobacteremia. J Clin Microbiol 2010; 48:4377-4385. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 species itself.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). 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. 🇩🇪
    • 🧍 The culture collection accession number DSM 45578 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. — 🧍 The etymology of the epithet has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

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

Assigned by: Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJJ, Petti CA, Mann LB, McGlasson M, Chihara S, Smith GL, Painter P, Hail D, Wilson R, et al. Mycobacterium neoaurum and Mycobacterium bacteremicum sp. nov. as causes of mycobacteremia. J Clin Microbiol 2010; 48:4377-4385. 🇺🇸

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