Species ***Mycobacterium* *conspicuum***

Name: Mycobacterium conspicuum Springer et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. adj. conspicuum, in view, visible, apparent, obvious, referring to the unique profile of this species

Gender: neuter

Type strains: 3895/92; ATCC 700090; CIP 105165; DSM 44136; JCM 14738

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF547914 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Springer B, Tortoli E, Richter I, Grunewald R, Rusch-Gerdes S, Uschmann K, Suter F, Collins MD, Kroppenstedt RM, Bottger EC. Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:2805-2811.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 56. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:362-363.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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.

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

Assigned by: Springer B, Tortoli E, Richter I, Grunewald R, Rusch-Gerdes S, Uschmann K, Suter F, Collins MD, Kroppenstedt RM, Bottger EC. Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:2805-2811.

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Species Mycobacterium conspicuum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *conspicuum***