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 (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um GIL-wum, neuter

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

16S rRNA gene: X55599 Analysetree FASTA download

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

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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