Species ***Mycobacterium* *chitae***

Name: Mycobacterium chitae Tsukamura 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi’tae. N.L. gen. neut. n. chitae, of Chita, a place in Japan

Pronunciation, gender: K^HI-ta͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19627; CCUG 39504; CIP 105383; DSM 44633; JCM 12403; NCTC 10485

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X55603 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tsukamura M. Mycobacterium chitae: a new species. Jpn J Microbiol 1967; 11:43-47.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium chitae (Tsukamura 1967) 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 9 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: Tsukamura M. Mycobacterium chitae: a new species. Jpn J Microbiol 1967; 11:43-47.

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Record number: 778423

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Species Mycobacterium chitae