Species Mycobacterium bovis

Name: Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bo’vis. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), an ox, bull, cow; L. gen. masc./fem. n. bovis, of an ox

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19210; CIP 105234; NCTC 10772

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF547903 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Karlson AG, Lessel EF. Mycobacterium bovis nom. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:273-282.

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: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Aranaz et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium africanum Castets et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium pinnipedii Cousins et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- According to Riojas et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883. Publication: Riojas MA, McGough KJ, Rider-Riojas CJ, Rastogi N, Hazbon MH. Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:324-332.
- According to Riojas et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Riojas MA, McGough KJ, Rider-Riojas CJ, Rastogi N, Hazbon MH. Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:324-332.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
- Mycobacterium bovis is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycobacterium.
- 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Mycobacterium bovis subsp. bovis (Karlson and Lessel 1970) Niemann et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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

Assigned by: Karlson AG, Lessel EF. Mycobacterium bovis nom. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1970; 20:273-282.

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