Species ***Mycobacterium* *kansasii***

Name: Mycobacterium kansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kan.sas’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kansasii, of Kansas, USA.

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 12478; CIP 104589; DSM 44162; JCM 6379; NCTC 13024

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16S rRNA gene: AF547940 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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.

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

Assigned by: Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955.

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Record number: 778470

Species Mycobacterium kansasii