Species ***Mycobacterium* *brumae***

Name: Mycobacterium brumae Luquin et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bru’mae. L. gen. fem. n. brumae, of winter, referring to the time of year at which the first strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: BRU-ma͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51384; CCUG 37586; CIP 103465; CR-270; DSM 44177; JCM 12273

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF480576 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Luquin M, Ausina V, Vincent-Lévy-Frébault V, Lanéelle MA, Belda F, García-Barceló M, Prats G, Daffé M. Mycobacterium brumae sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:405-413.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:866.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium brumae (Luquin et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 15 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Luquin M, Ausina V, Vincent-Lévy-Frébault V, Lanéelle MA, Belda F, García-Barceló M, Prats G, Daffé M. Mycobacterium brumae sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:405-413.

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Record number: 778411

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Species Mycobacterium brumae

Species ***Mycobacterium* *brumae***