Species ***Mycobacterium* *chlorophenolicum***

Name: Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Häggblom et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus Apajalahti et al. 1986

Etymology: chlo.ro.phe.no’li.cum. N.L. neut. n. chlorophenol, chlorophenol; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. chlorophenolicum, related to chlorophenols

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um k^hlo-ro-p^he-NO-li-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49826; CIP 104189; DSM 43826; HAMBI 2278; IEGM 559; IFO 15527; JCM 7439; NBRC 15527; NRRL B-16528; PCP-I

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X79094 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Haggblom MM, Nohynek LJ, Palleroni NJ, Kronqvist K, Nurmiaho-Lassila EL, Salkinoja-Salonen MS, Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Hagglblom MM. Transfer of polychlorophenol-degrading Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus (Apajalahti et al. 1986) to the genus Mycobacterium as Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:485-493. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum (Apajalahti et al. 1986) Briglia et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus Apajalahti et al. 1986	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 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 = 1. — 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 20 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 genus.
- 🧍 The first author's name Hägglblom (sic) has been corrected in an erratum; see also: Briglia et al. IJSB 44:494. Publication: Briglia M, Eggen RI, Van Elsas DJ, De Vos WM. Phylogenetic evidence for transfer of pentachlorophenol-mineralizing Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus PCP-I^T to the genus Mycobacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:494-498. 🇳🇱
- 🧍 The spelling of the first author's name HÄGGLBLOM (sic) has been corrected in an erratum. Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:854. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Haggblom MM, Nohynek LJ, Palleroni NJ, Kronqvist K, Nurmiaho-Lassila EL, Salkinoja-Salonen MS, Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM, Hagglblom MM. Transfer of polychlorophenol-degrading Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus (Apajalahti et al. 1986) to the genus Mycobacterium as Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:485-493. 🇺🇸

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Species Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *chlorophenolicum***