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Species Mycobacterium basiliense

Name: Mycobacterium basiliense Seth-Smith et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.si.li.en’se. M.L. neut. adj. basiliense, pertaining to the city of Basel, Switzerland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um ba-si-li-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 901379; CCOS 1136; CIP 111488; DSM 104308

16S rRNA gene: LR130759 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Seth-Smith HMB, Imkamp F, Tagini F, Cuenod A, Homke R, Jahn K, Tschacher A, Grendelmeier P, Battig V, Erb S, et al. Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3184. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

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 1 time 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 a putative 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. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Seth-Smith HMB, Imkamp F, Tagini F, Cuenod A, Homke R, Jahn K, Tschacher A, Grendelmeier P, Battig V, Erb S, et al. Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:3184. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 800746