Species ***Mycobacterium* *fallax***

Name: Mycobacterium fallax Lévy-Frébault et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fal’lax. L. neut. adj. fallax, deceptive, in the sense that the colonies resemble those of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35219; CCUG 37584; CIP 81.39; DSM 44179; JCM 6405

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF480600 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lévy-Frébault V, Rafidinarivo É, Promé JC, Grandry J, Boisvert H, David HL. Mycobacterium fallax sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:336-343.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium fallax (Lévy-Frébault et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Lévy-Frébault V, Rafidinarivo É, Promé JC, Grandry J, Boisvert H, David HL. Mycobacterium fallax sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:336-343.

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Species Mycobacterium fallax

Species ***Mycobacterium* *fallax***