Species ***Mycobacterium* *gadium***

Name: Mycobacterium gadium Casal and Calero 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ga’di.um. L. gen. fem. pl. n. gadium, of Gades, the modern Cadiz (a town on the Atlantic coast of Spain)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27726; CCUG 37515; CIP 105388; DSM 44077; HAMBI 2274; JCM 12688; NCTC 10942

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X55594 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Casal M, Calero JR. Mycobacterium gadium sp. nov. a new species of rapid-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria. Tubercle 1974; 55:299-308.

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium gadium (Casal and Calero 1974) 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: 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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative 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: Casal M, Calero JR. Mycobacterium gadium sp. nov. a new species of rapid-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria. Tubercle 1974; 55:299-308.

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Record number: 778450

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Species Mycobacterium gadium

Species ***Mycobacterium* *gadium***