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Species "Mycobacterium buruli"
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siblings
- Siblings
- "Mycobacterium abscessus"
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- Mycobacterium acapulcense corrig.
- "Mycobacterium acapulcensis"
- Mycobacterium acidiphilum
- "Mycobacterium adipatum"
- Mycobacterium africanum
- Mycobacterium agri
- "Mycobacterium ahvazicum"
- Mycobacterium aichiense
- Mycobacterium algericum
- Mycobacterium alsense
- "Mycobacterium alsiense"
- Mycobacterium alvei
- Mycobacterium angelicum
- "Mycobacterium antarcticum"
- "Mycobacterium anthracenicum"
- Mycobacterium anyangense
- Mycobacterium appelbergii
- "Mycobacterium aquae"
- Mycobacterium aquaticum
- Mycobacterium aquiterrae
- Mycobacterium arabiense
- Mycobacterium arcueilense
- Mycobacterium aromaticivorans
- Mycobacterium arosiense
- Mycobacterium arseniciresistens
- Mycobacterium arupense
- Mycobacterium asiaticum
- Mycobacterium attenuatum
- Mycobacterium aubagnense
- Mycobacterium aurantiacum
- Mycobacterium aurum
- Mycobacterium austroafricanum
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium bacteremicum
- Mycobacterium baixiangningiae
- "Mycobacterium balnei"
- Mycobacterium barrassiae
- Mycobacterium basiliense
- Mycobacterium boenickei
- Mycobacterium bohemicum
- Mycobacterium bolletii
- "Mycobacterium borstelense"
- Mycobacterium botniense
- Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense
- Mycobacterium bourgelatii
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium branderi
- "Mycobacterium brasiliensis"
- Mycobacterium brisbanense
- Mycobacterium brumae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium bulgaricum"
- Mycobacterium burgundiense
- Mycobacterium camsae
- Mycobacterium canariasense
- "Mycobacterium canetti"
- "Mycobacterium canettii"
- Mycobacterium caprae
- Mycobacterium celatum
- Mycobacterium celeriflavum
- Mycobacterium chelonae corrig.
- Mycobacterium chelonei
- "Mycobacterium chesapeaki"
- Mycobacterium chimaera
- Mycobacterium chitae
- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
- Mycobacterium chubuense
- "Mycobacterium coeliacum"
- Mycobacterium colombiense
- Mycobacterium conceptionense
- Mycobacterium confluentis
- Mycobacterium conspicuum
- Mycobacterium cookii
- Mycobacterium cosmeticum
- "Mycobacterium crassicus"
- Mycobacterium crocinum
- Mycobacterium cyprinidarum
- Mycobacterium decipiens
- "Mycobacterium deserti"
- Mycobacterium diernhoferi
- "Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus"
- Mycobacterium doricum
- Mycobacterium duvalii
- Mycobacterium eburneum
- Mycobacterium elephantis
- Mycobacterium engbaekii
- "Mycobacterium erythropolis"
- Mycobacterium europaeum
- Mycobacterium fallax
- Mycobacterium farcinogenes
- Mycobacterium flavescens
- "Mycobacterium flavum"
- Mycobacterium florentinum
- Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium fragae
- Mycobacterium franklinii
- Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
- "Mycobacterium fukienense"
- Mycobacterium gadium
- "Mycobacterium gallinarum"
- Mycobacterium gastri
- Mycobacterium genavense
- "Mycobacterium genitalium"
- "Mycobacterium giae"
- Mycobacterium gilvum
- "Mycobacterium globerulum"
- Mycobacterium goodii
- Mycobacterium gordonae
- Mycobacterium grossiae
- "Mycobacterium hackensackense"
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
- "Mycobacterium hainanense"
- Mycobacterium hassiacum
- Mycobacterium heckeshornense
- Mycobacterium heidelbergense
- Mycobacterium helveticum
- Mycobacterium helvum
- "Mycobacterium hemophilum"
- Mycobacterium heraklionense
- Mycobacterium hiberniae
- Mycobacterium hippocampi
- "Mycobacterium hippophais"
- Mycobacterium hodleri
- Mycobacterium holsaticum
- Mycobacterium holstebronense
- Mycobacterium houstonense
- "Mycobacterium hubeiense"
- "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis"
- Mycobacterium immunogenum
- "Mycobacterium indicuspranii"
- Mycobacterium innocens
- Mycobacterium insubricum
- Mycobacterium interjectum
- Mycobacterium intermedium
- Mycobacterium intracellulare corrig.
- Mycobacterium intracellularis
- Mycobacterium iranicum
- "Mycobacterium jacuzzii"
- "Mycobacterium jinjuensis"
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium kiyosense
- Mycobacterium kokjensenii
- Mycobacterium komaniense
- "Mycobacterium komanii"
- Mycobacterium komossense
- Mycobacterium koreense
- Mycobacterium kubicae
- Mycobacterium kumamotonense
- Mycobacterium kyogaense
- Mycobacterium kyorinense
- Mycobacterium lacus
- Mycobacterium lacusdiani
- Mycobacterium lehmannii
- Mycobacterium lentiflavum
- Mycobacterium leprae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium lepraefelis"
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"
- "Mycobacterium liflandii"
- "Mycobacterium lipsiensis"
- Mycobacterium litorale
- Mycobacterium llatzerense
- Mycobacterium longobardum
- "Mycobacterium lufu"
- Mycobacterium lutetiense
- Mycobacterium madagascariense
- Mycobacterium mageritense
- "Mycobacterium malmesburii"
- Mycobacterium malmesburyense
- Mycobacterium malmoense
- "Mycobacterium manitobense"
- Mycobacterium mantenii
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium marseillense
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- "Mycobacterium massilipolynesiensis"
- Mycobacterium mengxiangliae corrig.
- "Mycobacterium mephinesia"
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium methanica"
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium methanotrophicum"
- Mycobacterium microti
- Mycobacterium minnesotense
- Mycobacterium monacense
- Mycobacterium montefiorense
- Mycobacterium montmartrense
- Mycobacterium moriokaense
- Mycobacterium mucogenicum
- "Mycobacterium mungi"
- Mycobacterium murale
- "Mycobacterium nativiensis"
- Mycobacterium nebraskense
- Mycobacterium neglectum
- Mycobacterium neoaurum
- Mycobacterium neumannii
- Mycobacterium neworleansense
- Mycobacterium nivoides
- Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum
- Mycobacterium noviomagense
- Mycobacterium novocastrense
- "Mycobacterium novusgordonae"
- "Mycobacterium numidiamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium obuense
- "Mycobacterium orygis"
- Mycobacterium oryzae
- "Mycobacterium ostraviense"
- Mycobacterium palauense
- Mycobacterium pallens
- Mycobacterium palustre
- Mycobacterium paraense
- "Mycobacterium paraffinicum"
- Mycobacterium paraffinicum
- Mycobacterium parafortuitum
- Mycobacterium paragordonae
- Mycobacterium paraintracellulare
- Mycobacterium parakoreense
- Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum
- Mycobacterium paraseoulense
- Mycobacterium paraterrae
- Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium parmense
- Mycobacterium peregrinum
- Mycobacterium persicum
- Mycobacterium phlei
- Mycobacterium phocaicum
- "Mycobacterium pinniadriaticum"
- Mycobacterium pinnipedii
- Mycobacterium porcinum
- Mycobacterium poriferae
- Mycobacterium pseudokansasii
- Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii
- Mycobacterium psychrotolerans
- Mycobacterium pulveris
- Mycobacterium pumcae
- Mycobacterium pyrenivorans
- "Mycobacterium ratisbonense"
- "Mycobacterium rhizamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium rhodesiae
- Mycobacterium riyadhense
- Mycobacterium rufum
- "Mycobacterium runyonii"
- Mycobacterium rutilum
- Mycobacterium salfingeri
- Mycobacterium salmoniphilum
- "Mycobacterium salmoniphilum"
- Mycobacterium saopaulense
- Mycobacterium sarraceniae
- Mycobacterium saskatchewanense
- Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
- Mycobacterium sediminis
- Mycobacterium senegalense
- Mycobacterium senriense
- Mycobacterium senuense
- Mycobacterium seoulense
- Mycobacterium septicum
- Mycobacterium servetii
- Mycobacterium setense
- Mycobacterium sherrisii
- Mycobacterium shigaense
- Mycobacterium shimoidei
- Mycobacterium shinjukuense
- "Mycobacterium shinshuense"
- Mycobacterium shottsii
- Mycobacterium simiae
- "Mycobacterium simulans"
- "Mycobacterium sinense"
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium sphagni
- "Mycobacterium spongiae"
- Mycobacterium stellerae
- Mycobacterium stephanolepidis
- Mycobacterium stomatepiae
- "Mycobacterium suricattae"
- Mycobacterium syngnathidarum
- Mycobacterium szulgai
- Mycobacterium talmoniae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense"
- "Mycobacterium terrae"
- Mycobacterium terrae
- "Mycobacterium terramassiliense"
- Mycobacterium thermoresistibile
- "Mycobacterium tilburgii"
- Mycobacterium timonense
- Mycobacterium tokaiense
- Mycobacterium triplex
- Mycobacterium triviale
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tusciae
- "Mycobacterium uberis"
- Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Mycobacterium vaccae
- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii
- "Mycobacterium vasticus"
- Mycobacterium vicinigordonae
- Mycobacterium vinylchloridicum
- Mycobacterium virginiense
- "Mycobacterium visibilis"
- Mycobacterium vulneris
- Mycobacterium wendilense
- Mycobacterium wolinskyi
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium wuenschmannii"
- Mycobacterium xanthum
- Mycobacterium xenopei
- Mycobacterium xenopi corrig.
- Mycobacterium yongonense
- "Mycobacterium zoologicum"
- children
Name: "Mycobacterium buruli" Clancey 1964
Etymology: N.L. gen. neut. n. buruli, isolated from a patient who came from Uganda [probably better: burulii]
Original publication:
Clancey JK. MYCOBACTERIAL SKIN ULCERS IN UGANDA: DESCRIPTION OF A NEW MYCOBACTERIUM (MYCOBACTERIUM BURULI). J Pathol Bacteriol 1964; 88:175-187. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Clancey JK. MYCOBACTERIAL SKIN ULCERS IN UGANDA: DESCRIPTION OF A NEW MYCOBACTERIUM (MYCOBACTERIUM BURULI). J Pathol Bacteriol 1964; 88:175-187.
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Record number: 12042
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