Species ***Mycobacterium* *cookii***

Name: Mycobacterium cookii Kazda et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coo’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cookii, of Cook, named for Bertram Cook, who discovered the natural reservoir of this species

Pronunciation, gender: … KOO-ki-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49103; CIP 105396; DSM 43922; JCM 12404; NZ2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF480598 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kazda J, Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Minnikin DE, Daffe M, Parlett JH, Pitulle C. Mycobacterium cookii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:217-223. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

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 8 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: Kazda J, Stackebrandt E, Smida J, Minnikin DE, Daffe M, Parlett JH, Pitulle C. Mycobacterium cookii sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:217-223. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 778431

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Species Mycobacterium cookii

Species ***Mycobacterium* *cookii***