Species ***Mycobacterium* *confluentis***

Name: Mycobacterium confluentis Kirschner et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.flu.en’tis. L. gen. masc. n. confluentis, of Confluentes, now Koblenz, the source of the strain on which the species description is based

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-flu-EN-tis, neuter

Type strain: 1389/90; ATCC 49920; CIP 105510; DSM 44017; JCM 13671

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ634379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirschner P, Teske A, Schroder KH, Kroppenstedt RM, Wolters J, Bottger EC. Mycobacterium confluentis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:257-262. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium confluentis (Kirschner et al. 1992) 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 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 4 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Kirschner P, Teske A, Schroder KH, Kroppenstedt RM, Wolters J, Bottger EC. Mycobacterium confluentis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:257-262. 🇩🇪

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Species Mycobacterium confluentis

Species ***Mycobacterium* *confluentis***