Name:Mycobacteriumlepraemurium 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
Gender:
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
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".
🧍 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.