Species "Mycobacterium globerulum"

Name: "Mycobacterium globerulum" Gray 1928

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.be’ru.lum. N.L. neut. adj. globerulum, globular

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um glo-BE-ru-lum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 19370; DSM 44596; JCM 7475

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16S rRNA gene: FR749915 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gray PHH. The formation of indigotin from indol by soil bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 1928; 102:263-280.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodococcus globerulus Goodfellow et al. 1985

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rhodococcus globerulus Goodfellow et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Nocardia globerula (Gray 1928) Waksman and Henrici 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Jones and Goodfellow (2015), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Rhodococcus globerulus Goodfellow et al. 1985. Publication: Jones AL, Goodfellow M. Rhodococcus. In: Trujillo ME, Dedysh S, DeVos P, Hedlund B, Kämpfer P, Rainey FA, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Unknown City, 2015, p. 1-50. 🇬🇧
- 😷 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". — 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.

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

Assigned by: Gray PHH. The formation of indigotin from indol by soil bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 1928; 102:263-280.

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Species "Mycobacterium globerulum"