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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, 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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