Species "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"

Name: "Mycobacterium lepromatosis" Han et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.pro.ma.to’sis. N.L. gen. fem. n. lepromatosis, of lepromatous leprosy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: FJ924

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16S rRNA gene: EU203590 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Han XY, Seo YH, Sizer KC, Schoberle T, May GS, Spencer JS, Li W, Nair RG. A new Mycobacterium species causing diffuse lepromatous leprosy. Am J Clin Pathol 2008; 130:856-864.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🧍 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.

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

Assigned by: Han XY, Seo YH, Sizer KC, Schoberle T, May GS, Spencer JS, Li W, Nair RG. A new Mycobacterium species causing diffuse lepromatous leprosy. Am J Clin Pathol 2008; 130:856-864.

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Record number: 801064

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