Species Mycobacterium litorale

Name: Mycobacterium litorale Zhang et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’le. L. neut. adj. litorale, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um li-to-RA-le, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 4.5724; DSM 45785; F4; JCM 17423

16S rRNA gene: GU997640 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhang Y, Zhang J, Fang C, Pang H, Fan J. Mycobacterium litorale sp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1204-1207. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Zhang J, Fang C, Pang H, Fan J. Mycobacterium litorale sp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1204-1207. 🇨🇳

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