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Species Mycobacterium franklinii

Name: Mycobacterium franklinii Nogueira et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: frank.li’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. franklinii, of Franklin, pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, famous USA statesman and scientist from Pennsylvania where the first isolates originated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um frank-LI-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2149; CV002; DSM 45524

16S rRNA gene: HQ153090 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Lourenco Nogueira C, Simmon KE, Chimara E, Cnockaert M, Carlos Palomino J, Martin A, Vandamme P, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Cardoso Leao S. Mycobacterium franklinii sp. nov., a species closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2148-2153. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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.
    • 🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. adjective (frederiksbergensis -e, of Frederiksberg, Denmark, reffering to the place of isolation), not a N.L. gen. noun as cited in the paper by Willumsen et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Lourenco Nogueira C, Simmon KE, Chimara E, Cnockaert M, Carlos Palomino J, Martin A, Vandamme P, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Cardoso Leao S. Mycobacterium franklinii sp. nov., a species closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2148-2153. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 792909