Species Mycobacterium leprae
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siblings
- siblings
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- "Mycobacterium abscessus"
- Mycobacterium africanum
- Mycobacterium agri
- "Mycobacterium ahvazicum"
- Mycobacterium aichiense
- Mycobacterium algericum
- Mycobacterium alsense
- "Mycobacterium alsiense"
- Mycobacterium alvei
- Mycobacterium angelicum
- Mycobacterium anyangense
- Mycobacterium aquaticum
- Mycobacterium aquiterrae
- Mycobacterium arabiense
- Mycobacterium arcueilense
- Mycobacterium aromaticivorans
- Mycobacterium arosiense
- Mycobacterium arupense
- Mycobacterium asiaticum
- Mycobacterium attenuatum
- Mycobacterium aubagnense
- Mycobacterium aurum
- Mycobacterium austroafricanum
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium bacteremicum
- "Mycobacterium barrassiae"
- Mycobacterium basiliense
- Mycobacterium boenickei
- Mycobacterium bohemicum
- Mycobacterium bolletii
- Mycobacterium botniense
- Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense
- Mycobacterium bourgelatii
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium branderi
- Mycobacterium brisbanense
- Mycobacterium brumae
- Mycobacterium canariasense
- Mycobacterium caprae
- Mycobacterium celatum
- Mycobacterium celeriflavum
- Mycobacterium chelonae corrig.
- Mycobacterium chelonei (sic)
- Mycobacterium chimaera
- Mycobacterium chitae
- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
- Mycobacterium chubuense
- "Mycobacterium coeliacum"
- Mycobacterium colombiense
- Mycobacterium conceptionense
- Mycobacterium confluentis
- Mycobacterium conspicuum
- Mycobacterium cookii
- Mycobacterium cosmeticum
- Mycobacterium crocinum
- Mycobacterium decipiens
- Mycobacterium diernhoferi
- "Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus"
- Mycobacterium doricum
- Mycobacterium duvalii
- Mycobacterium eburneum
- Mycobacterium elephantis
- Mycobacterium engbaekii
- "Mycobacterium erythropolis"
- Mycobacterium europaeum
- Mycobacterium fallax
- Mycobacterium farcinogenes
- Mycobacterium flavescens
- Mycobacterium florentinum
- Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium fragae
- Mycobacterium franklinii
- Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
- Mycobacterium gadium
- Mycobacterium gastri
- Mycobacterium genavense
- Mycobacterium gilvum
- "Mycobacterium globerulum"
- Mycobacterium goodii
- Mycobacterium gordonae
- Mycobacterium grossiae
- "Mycobacterium hackensackense"
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
- Mycobacterium hassiacum
- Mycobacterium heckeshornense
- Mycobacterium heidelbergense
- Mycobacterium helvum
- Mycobacterium heraklionense
- Mycobacterium hiberniae
- Mycobacterium hippocampi
- Mycobacterium hodleri
- Mycobacterium holsaticum
- Mycobacterium houstonense
- "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis"
- Mycobacterium immunogenum
- Mycobacterium innocens
- Mycobacterium insubricum
- Mycobacterium interjectum
- Mycobacterium intermedium
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Mycobacterium iranicum
- "Mycobacterium jacuzzii"
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium komaniense
- Mycobacterium komossense
- Mycobacterium koreense
- Mycobacterium kubicae
- Mycobacterium kumamotonense
- Mycobacterium kyogaense
- Mycobacterium kyorinense
- Mycobacterium lacus
- Mycobacterium lehmannii
- Mycobacterium lentiflavum
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium lepraefelis"
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"
- Mycobacterium litorale
- Mycobacterium llatzerense
- Mycobacterium longobardum
- Mycobacterium lutetiense
- Mycobacterium madagascariense
- Mycobacterium mageritense
- Mycobacterium malmesburyense
- Mycobacterium malmoense
- Mycobacterium mantenii
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium marseillense
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- "Mycobacterium massilipolynesiensis"
- Mycobacterium microti
- Mycobacterium minnesotense
- Mycobacterium monacense
- Mycobacterium montefiorense
- Mycobacterium montmartrense
- Mycobacterium moriokaense
- Mycobacterium mucogenicum
- "Mycobacterium mungi"
- Mycobacterium murale
- Mycobacterium nebraskense
- Mycobacterium neglectum
- Mycobacterium neoaurum
- Mycobacterium neumannii
- Mycobacterium neworleansense
- Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum
- Mycobacterium noviomagense
- Mycobacterium novocastrense
- "Mycobacterium numidiamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium obuense
- Mycobacterium oryzae
- "Mycobacterium ostraviense"
- Mycobacterium palauense
- Mycobacterium pallens
- Mycobacterium palustre
- Mycobacterium paraense
- Mycobacterium paraffinicum
- Mycobacterium parafortuitum
- Mycobacterium paragordonae
- Mycobacterium paraintracellulare
- Mycobacterium parakoreense
- Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum
- Mycobacterium paraseoulense
- Mycobacterium paraterrae
- Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium parmense
- Mycobacterium peregrinum
- Mycobacterium persicum
- Mycobacterium phlei
- Mycobacterium phocaicum
- Mycobacterium pinnipedii
- Mycobacterium porcinum
- Mycobacterium poriferae
- Mycobacterium pseudokansasii
- Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii
- Mycobacterium psychrotolerans
- Mycobacterium pulveris
- Mycobacterium pyrenivorans
- Mycobacterium rhodesiae
- Mycobacterium riyadhense
- Mycobacterium rufum
- Mycobacterium rutilum
- Mycobacterium salmoniphilum
- Mycobacterium saopaulense
- Mycobacterium sarraceniae
- Mycobacterium saskatchewanense
- Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
- Mycobacterium sediminis
- Mycobacterium senegalense
- Mycobacterium senuense
- Mycobacterium seoulense
- Mycobacterium septicum
- Mycobacterium setense
- Mycobacterium sherrisii
- Mycobacterium shigaense
- Mycobacterium shimoidei
- Mycobacterium shinjukuense
- Mycobacterium shottsii
- Mycobacterium simiae
- "Mycobacterium simulans"
- "Mycobacterium sinense"
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium sphagni
- Mycobacterium stephanolepidis
- Mycobacterium stomatepiae
- Mycobacterium syngnathidarum
- Mycobacterium szulgai
- Mycobacterium talmoniae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense"
- Mycobacterium terrae
- Mycobacterium thermoresistibile
- Mycobacterium timonense
- Mycobacterium tokaiense
- Mycobacterium triplex
- Mycobacterium triviale
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tusciae
- Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Mycobacterium vaccae
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii
- Mycobacterium virginiense
- Mycobacterium vulneris
- Mycobacterium wolinskyi
- Mycobacterium xenopi
- Mycobacterium yongonense
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Name: Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen 1880) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacillus leprae" Hansen 1880
Etymology: L. fem. n. lepra, leprosy; L. gen. fem. n. leprae, of leprosy
Type strains: has not been cultivated
Original publication: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Bacillus leprae" Hansen 1880 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Lehmann KB, Neumann R. Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. Teil 2: Text, 1st ed. J.F. Lehmann, München, 1896.
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