Species ***Mycobacterium* *frederiksbergense***

Name: Mycobacterium frederiksbergense Willumsen et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fre.de.riks.ber.gen’se. N.L. neut. adj. frederiksbergense, of or belonging to Frederiksberg, Denmark, referring to the place of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um fre-de-riks-ber-GEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CIP 107205; DSM 44346; DSM 45364; FAn9; NRRL B-24126

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ276274 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Willumsen P, Karlson U, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium frederiksbergense sp. nov., a novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1715-1722. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium frederiksbergense (Willumsen et al. 2001) 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 = 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. — 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 18 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: Willumsen P, Karlson U, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium frederiksbergense sp. nov., a novel polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1715-1722. 🇩🇪

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Species Mycobacterium frederiksbergense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *frederiksbergense***