Species ***Mycobacterium* *lentiflavum***

Name: Mycobacterium lentiflavum Springer et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: len.ti.fla.vum. L. adj. lentus -a -um, slow; L. adj. flavus -a -um, yellow; N.L. neut. adj. lentiflavum, slow and yellow, two characteristic features of this species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2186/92; ATCC 51985; CCUG 42422; CCUG 42559; CIP 105465; DSM 44195; DSM 46733; JCM 13390

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF480583 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Springer B, Wu WK, Bodmer T, Haase G, Pfyffer GE, Kroppenstedt RM, Schroder KH, Emler S, Kilburn JO, Kirschner P, et al. Isolation and characterization of a unique group of slowly growing mycobacteria: description of Mycobacterium lentiflavum sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1100-1107.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 58. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:836-837.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 91 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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.
- 🧍 According to the DSMZ curator, the strain deposited as DSM 44418 (= TBC 4351/91) was sent to DSMZ in 1999 by one of the authors of the effective publication, G. Haase, as a replacement for DSM 44195. However, analyses indicated that DSM 44418 (= TBC 4351/91) is a representative of Rhodococcus fascians rather than Mycobacterium lentiflavum. — Huber K. Personal communication, 2020-11-10.

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

Assigned by: Springer B, Wu WK, Bodmer T, Haase G, Pfyffer GE, Kroppenstedt RM, Schroder KH, Emler S, Kilburn JO, Kirschner P, et al. Isolation and characterization of a unique group of slowly growing mycobacteria: description of Mycobacterium lentiflavum sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:1100-1107.

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Species Mycobacterium lentiflavum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *lentiflavum***