Species ***Mycobacterium* *lepraemurium***

Name: Mycobacterium lepraemurium Marchoux and Sorel 1912 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.prae.mu’ri.um. L. gen. fem. n. leprae, of leprosy; L. gen. masc. pl. n. murium, of mice; N.L. gen. fem. n. lepraemurium, of leprosy of mice

Pronunciation, gender: le-pra͡e-MU-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: difficult to cultivate

Effective publication: Marchoux E, Sorel F. Recherches sur la lèpre. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1912; 26:675-700.

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 423 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Marchoux E, Sorel F. Recherches sur la lèpre. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1912; 26:675-700.

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Record number: 784309

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Species Mycobacterium lepraemurium

Species ***Mycobacterium* *lepraemurium***