Species ***Mycobacterium* *celeriflavum***

Name: Mycobacterium celeriflavum Shahraki et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce.le.ri.fla’vum. L. masc. adj. celer, rapid; L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow; N.L. neut. adj. celeriflavum, referring to rapid growth and yellow pigmentation features of the species

Pronunciation, gender: ke-le-ri-FLA-wum, neuter

Type strain: AFPC-000207; DSM 46765; JCM 18439

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ607136 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shahraki AH, Cavusoglu C, Borroni E, Heidarieh P, Koksalan OK, Cabibbe AM, Hashemzadeh M, Mariottini A, Mostafavi E, Cittaro D, et al. Mycobacterium celeriflavum sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:510-515.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium celeriflavum (Shahraki et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2 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: Shahraki AH, Cavusoglu C, Borroni E, Heidarieh P, Koksalan OK, Cabibbe AM, Hashemzadeh M, Mariottini A, Mostafavi E, Cittaro D, et al. Mycobacterium celeriflavum sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:510-515.

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Species Mycobacterium celeriflavum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *celeriflavum***