Species ***Mycobacterium* *gastri***

Name: Mycobacterium gastri Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. fem. n. [γαστήρ] gastêr, belly, stomach; L. gen. n. gastri, of the stomach

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15754; CCUG 20995; CIP 104530; DSM 43505; JCM 12407

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16S rRNA gene: AF547927 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. III. Species within Group III. American Review of Respiratory Diseases 1966; 93:919-928.

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

Notes:
- The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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.

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

Assigned by: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. III. Species within Group III. American Review of Respiratory Diseases 1966; 93:919-928.

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Record number: 778451

Species Mycobacterium gastri

Species ***Mycobacterium* *gastri***