Species ***Mycobacterium* *heckeshornense***

Name: Mycobacterium heckeshornense Roth et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hec.ke.shor.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. heckeshornense, of or belonging to Heckeshorn, a peninsula in Berlin, Germany, the location of the hospital in which the strain was found

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hek-ke-s͡hor-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 51897; CIP 107347; DSM 44428; JCM 15655; S369

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF174290 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roth A, Reischl U, Schonfeld N, Naumann L, Emler S, Fischer M, Mauch H, Loddenkemper R, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium heckeshornense sp. nov., A new pathogenic slowly growing Mycobacterium sp. Causing cavitary lung disease in an immunocompetent patient. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:4102-4107. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 79. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:263-265.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 34 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Mycobacterium heckeshornense Roth et al. 2001 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Roth A, Reischl U, Schonfeld N, Naumann L, Emler S, Fischer M, Mauch H, Loddenkemper R, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium heckeshornense sp. nov., A new pathogenic slowly growing Mycobacterium sp. Causing cavitary lung disease in an immunocompetent patient. J Clin Microbiol 2000; 38:4102-4107. 🇩🇪

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Species Mycobacterium heckeshornense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *heckeshornense***