Species ***Mycobacterium* *genavense***

Name: Mycobacterium genavense Böttger et al. 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. neut. adj. genavense, of or belonging to Geneva, the source of the first isolate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2289; ATCC 51234

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X60070 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bottger EC, Hirschel B, Coyle MB. Mycobacterium genavense sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:841-843.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:184.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

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

Assigned by: Bottger EC, Hirschel B, Coyle MB. Mycobacterium genavense sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:841-843.

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Record number: 778452

Species Mycobacterium genavense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *genavense***