Species ***Mycobacterium* *diernhoferi***

Name: Mycobacterium diernhoferi (ex Bönicke and Juhasz 1965) Tsukamura et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: diern.ho’fe.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. diernhoferi, of Diernhofer, who originally isolated the organisms

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um diern-HO-fe-ri, neuter

Type strain: 41 001; ATCC 19340; CIP 105384; DSM 43524; HAMBI 2269; IFO 14756; JCM 6371; NBRC 14756

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16S rRNA gene: AF480599 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tsukamura M, Van Der Meulen HJ, Grabow WOK. Numerical taxonomy of rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium parafortuitum complex: Mycobacterium austroafricanum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium diernhoferi sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:460-469.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium diernhoferi (Tsukamura et al. 1983 ex Bönicke and Juhasz 1965) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium parafortuitum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tsukamura M. Mycobacterium parafortuitum: a new species. J Gen Microbiol 1966; 42:7-12. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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: Tsukamura M, Van Der Meulen HJ, Grabow WOK. Numerical taxonomy of rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium parafortuitum complex: Mycobacterium austroafricanum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium diernhoferi sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:460-469.

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Species Mycobacterium diernhoferi

Species ***Mycobacterium* *diernhoferi***