Subscribe to our newsletter
Sign up to our mailing list to receive updates from LPSN every few months.
Follow the ICSP and DSMZ (D3) on LinkedIn.
Species Mycobacterium colombiense
Name: Mycobacterium colombiense Murcia et al. 2006
Etymology: co.lom.bi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. colombiense, of or belonging to Colombia, the South American country where the strains were first isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ko-lom-bi-EN-se, neuter
Type strain: 10B; CECT 3035; CIP 108962; DSM 45105; JCM 16228
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GQ153275
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Murcia MI, Tortoli E, Menendez MC, Palenque E, Garcia MJ. Mycobacterium colombiense sp. nov., a novel member of the Mycobacterium avium complex and description of MAC-X as a new ITS genetic variant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2049-2054. 
🇪🇸
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 42 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
-
🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
-
🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
-
🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Murcia MI, Tortoli E, Menendez MC, Palenque E, Garcia MJ. Mycobacterium colombiense sp. nov., a novel member of the Mycobacterium avium complex and description of MAC-X as a new ITS genetic variant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2049-2054. 🇪🇸
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/mycobacterium-colombienseLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 785392
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-02-14 10:51:36