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Species Mycobacterium doricum
Name: Mycobacterium doricum Tortoli et al. 2001
Etymology: do’ri.cum. N.L. neut. adj. doricum, of or belonging to Dorica civitas, the ancient name of the Italian city of Ancona, from where the organism was first isolated
Pronunciation, gender: DO-ri-kum, neuter
Type strain: CCUG 46352; CIP 106867; DSM 44339; FI-13295; JCM 12405
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF264700
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Tortoli E, Piersimoni C, Kroppenstedt RM, Montoya-Burgos JI, Reischl U, Giacometti A, Emler S. Mycobacterium doricum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2007-2012. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycolicibacterium doricum (Tortoli et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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Notes:
- 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 4 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.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen.
Publication:
Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Tortoli E, Piersimoni C, Kroppenstedt RM, Montoya-Burgos JI, Reischl U, Giacometti A, Emler S. Mycobacterium doricum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:2007-2012. 🇮🇹
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Record number: 778434
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