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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycobacterium buruli"

Name: "Mycobacterium buruli" Clancey 1964

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. neut. n. buruli, isolated from a patient who came from Uganda [probably better: burulii]

Gender: neuter

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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