Species ***Mycobacterium* *cyprinidarum***

Name: Mycobacterium cyprinidarum (Matsumoto et al. 2024) Göker et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycolicibacterium cyprinidarum Matsumoto et al. 2024

Etymology: cy.pri.ni.da’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. cyprinidarum, of the Cyprinidae

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ky-pri-ni-DA-rum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC TSD-289; JCM 35117; NGTWS1803

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC582327 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium cyprinidarum Matsumoto et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-28.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 68135

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Species Mycobacterium cyprinidarum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *cyprinidarum***