Species Mycobacterium barrassiae

Name: Mycobacterium barrassiae Adékambi et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.ras’si.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. barrassiae, of Barrassi, to honor Lina Barrassi, a technician in the Unité des Rickettsies, for her many contributions to the isolation of intra-amoebal bacteria

Pronunciation, gender: bar-RAS-si-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 50398; CIP 108545; N7

16S rRNA gene: AY859685 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Adekambi T, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium barrassiae sp. nov., a Mycobacterium moriokaense group species associated with chronic pneumonia. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:3493-3498.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Adekambi T, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium barrassiae sp. nov., a Mycobacterium moriokaense group species associated with chronic pneumonia. J Clin Microbiol 2006; 44:3493-3498.

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Record number: 55718
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