Species ***Mycobacterium* *conspicuum***

Name: Mycobacterium conspicuum Springer et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: neuter

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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X88922 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 under the ICNP

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

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.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 = 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 3 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.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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***