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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis"

Name: "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis" Djouadi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.co.si.u.mas.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. icosiumassiliensis, from the combination of Icosium, the Latin name of Algiers where the strain was first isolated and Massilia, the Latin name of Marseille, where the strain was described

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … i-ko-si-u-mas-si-li-EN-sis, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 8WA6; CSUR P1561; DSM 100711

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT592291 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Djouadi LN, Levasseur A, Khalil JB, Blanc-Taileur C, Asmar S, Ghiloubi W, Nateche F, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis sp. nov., a New Member in the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Isolated from Surface Water in Algeria. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:255-264. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Djouadi LN, Levasseur A, Khalil JB, Blanc-Taileur C, Asmar S, Ghiloubi W, Nateche F, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis sp. nov., a New Member in the Mycobacterium terrae Complex Isolated from Surface Water in Algeria. Curr Microbiol 2016; 73:255-264. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 1339
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