Species ***Mycobacterium* *jinjuense***

Name: Mycobacterium jinjuense corrig. Trinh et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: jin.ju.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. jinjuense, referring to Jinju, the city in South Korea where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um jin-ju-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: KACC 23680; LMG 33423; ND9-15

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP142362 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trinh MP, Shin JI, Kim KM, Dao TO, Choi JG, Jung M, Kang HL, Baik SC, Lee WK, Byun JH, et al. Mycobacterium jinjuensis sp. nov., a Novel Acid-Fast Bacterium Isolated from a Pneumonia Patient. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:550. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 230. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7224.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacterium jinjuensis Trinh et al. 2026	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
- 🙆 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Trinh MP, Shin JI, Kim KM, Dao TO, Choi JG, Jung M, Kang HL, Baik SC, Lee WK, Byun JH, et al. Mycobacterium jinjuensis sp. nov., a Novel Acid-Fast Bacterium Isolated from a Pneumonia Patient. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:550. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 73214

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Species Mycobacterium jinjuense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *jinjuense***