Species ***Mycobacterium* *gilvum***

Name: Mycobacterium gilvum Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gil’vum. L. neut. adj. gilvum, pale yellow

Pronunciation, gender: GIL-wum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43909; CIP 106743; DSM 45363; JCM 15464; NCTC 10742

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X55599 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stanford JL, Gunthorpe WJ. A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duv alii (new species). Br J Exp Pathol 1971; 52:627-637.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium gilvum (Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971) 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 = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 46 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Stanford JL, Gunthorpe WJ. A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duv alii (new species). Br J Exp Pathol 1971; 52:627-637.

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Record number: 778453

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Species Mycobacterium gilvum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *gilvum***