Species ***Mycobacterium* *kumamotonense***

Name: Mycobacterium kumamotonense Masaki et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ku.ma.mo.to.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. kumamotonense, of or pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um ku-ma-mo-to-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 51961; CST 7247; CST7274; DSM 45093; GTC 2729; JCM 13453

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB239925 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Masaki T, Ohkusu K, Hata H, Fujiwara N, Iihara H, Yamada-Noda M, Nhung PH, Hayashi M, Asano Y, Kawamura Y, et al. Mycobacterium kumamotonense Sp. Nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: Novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol Immunol 2006; 50:889-897. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 114. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:433-434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis (Masaki et al. 2007) 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:
- 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 13453.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 12 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. 3. Species within group 3. Am Rev Respir Dis 1966; 93:919-928. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. 3. Species within group 3. Am Rev Respir Dis 1966; 93:919-928. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Masaki T, Ohkusu K, Hata H, Fujiwara N, Iihara H, Yamada-Noda M, Nhung PH, Hayashi M, Asano Y, Kawamura Y, et al. Mycobacterium kumamotonense Sp. Nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: Novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol Immunol 2006; 50:889-897. 🇯🇵

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Species Mycobacterium kumamotonense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *kumamotonense***