Species ***Mycobacterium* *farcinogenes***

Name: Mycobacterium farcinogenes Chamoiseau 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: far.ci.no’ge.nes. French n. farcin, farcy or glanders; from L. neut. n. farciminum, a disease in horses and other animals (same stem as farcimen); Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. farcinogenes, producing farcy

Pronunciation, gender: far-ki-NO-ge-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35753; DSM 43637; IEMVT 75; JCM 15463; NCTC 10955

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF055333 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chamoiseau G. M. farcinogenes agent causal du farcin du bœuf en Afrique. Annales de Microbiologie de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1973; 124:215-222.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium farcinogenes (Chamoiseau 1973) 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: 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 31 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.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Mycobacterium farcinogenes subsp. senegalense" Chamoiseau 1973	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

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

Assigned by: Chamoiseau G. M. farcinogenes agent causal du farcin du bœuf en Afrique. Annales de Microbiologie de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1973; 124:215-222.

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Species Mycobacterium farcinogenes

Species ***Mycobacterium* *farcinogenes***