Species ***Mycobacterium* *cosmeticum***

Name: Mycobacterium cosmeticum Cooksey et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cos.me’ti.cum N.L. neut. adj. cosmeticum, referring to cosmetics

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC BAA-878; CIP 108170; DSM 44829; JCM 14739; LTA-388

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ124114 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cooksey RC, de Waard JH, Yakrus MA, Rivera I, Chopite M, Toney SR, Morlock GP, Butler WR. Mycobacterium cosmeticum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species isolated from a cosmetic infection and from a nail salon. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2385-2391.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium cosmeticum (Cooksey et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published

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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

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

Assigned by: Cooksey RC, de Waard JH, Yakrus MA, Rivera I, Chopite M, Toney SR, Morlock GP, Butler WR. Mycobacterium cosmeticum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species isolated from a cosmetic infection and from a nail salon. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2385-2391.

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Species Mycobacterium cosmeticum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *cosmeticum***