Species ***Mycobacterium* *elephantis***

Name: Mycobacterium elephantis Shojaei et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.le.phan’tis. L. masc. n. elephas (gen. elephantis), an elephant; L. gen. masc. n. elephantis, of an elephant

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 484; CIP 106831; DSM 44368; JCM 12406

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ010747 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shojaei H, Magee JG, Freeman R, Yates M, Horadagoda NU, Goodfellow M. Mycobacterium elephantis sp. nov., a rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium isolated from an elephant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1817-1820.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium elephantis (Shojaei et al. 2000) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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 = 2, note = "ht". — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Shojaei H, Magee JG, Freeman R, Yates M, Horadagoda NU, Goodfellow M. Mycobacterium elephantis sp. nov., a rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium isolated from an elephant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1817-1820.

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Species Mycobacterium elephantis

Species ***Mycobacterium* *elephantis***