Species ***Mycobacterium* *hodleri***

Name: Mycobacterium hodleri Kleespies et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho’dle.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. hodleri, of Hodler, named after Christian Hodler, director of the Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony, Germany, a strong supporter of natural sciences

Pronunciation, gender: HO-dle-ri, neuter

Type strain: CIP 104909; DSM 44183; EM12; EMI2; JCM 12141; LMG 19253

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH169216 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kleespies M, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Webb LE, Stackebrandt E. Mycobacterium hodleri sp. nov., a new member of the fast-growing mycobacteria capable of degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:683-687. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium hodleri (Kleespies et al. 1996) 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 = 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 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 6 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.

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

Assigned by: Kleespies M, Kroppenstedt RM, Rainey FA, Webb LE, Stackebrandt E. Mycobacterium hodleri sp. nov., a new member of the fast-growing mycobacteria capable of degrading polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:683-687. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 778462

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Species Mycobacterium hodleri

Species ***Mycobacterium* *hodleri***