Species ***Mycobacterium* *iranicum***

Name: Mycobacterium iranicum Shojaei et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.ra’ni.cum. N.L. neut. adj. iranicum, of or belonging to Iran, isolated in Iran

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 62053; DSM 45541; JCM 17461; M05

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ009482 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shojaei H, Daley C, Gitti Z, Hashemi A, Heidarieh P, Moore ER, Naser AD, Russo C, van Ingen J, Tortoli E. Mycobacterium iranicum sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic species isolated from clinical specimens on three different continents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1383-1389.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium iranicum (Shojaei et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Shojaei H, Daley C, Gitti Z, Hashemi A, Heidarieh P, Moore ER, Naser AD, Russo C, van Ingen J, Tortoli E. Mycobacterium iranicum sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic species isolated from clinical specimens on three different continents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1383-1389.

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Species Mycobacterium iranicum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *iranicum***