Species "Mycobacterium brasiliensis"

Name: "Mycobacterium brasiliensis" Lazzarini et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. brasiliensis, referring to Brasil (Brazil) [probably better: brasilensis]

Pronunciation, gender: bra-si-li-EN-sis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: Rio559.03

16S rRNA gene: EU165538 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lazzarini LC, Huard RC, Boechat NL, Gomes HM, Oelemann MC, Kurepina N, Shashkina E, Mello FC, Gibson AL, Virginio MJ, et al. Discovery of a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage that is a major cause of tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:3891-3902. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: B 38.
- 🧍 See also Chinombe et al. (2016). Publication: Chin'ombe N, Muzividzi B, Munemo E, Nziramasanga P. Molecular Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Humans in Zimbabwe Using 16S Ribosequencing. Open Microbiol J 2016; 10:113-123. 🇿🇼
- 🧍 While the authors did not explicitly propose this taxon name, they did not provide a proper citation of the authority of the name either.

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

Assigned by: Lazzarini LC, Huard RC, Boechat NL, Gomes HM, Oelemann MC, Kurepina N, Shashkina E, Mello FC, Gibson AL, Virginio MJ, et al. Discovery of a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage that is a major cause of tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:3891-3902. 🇺🇸

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Species "Mycobacterium brasiliensis"