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, gender: li-to-RA-le, neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU997640 Analyse FASTA

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium litorale (Zhang et al. 2012) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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 genus.

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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Record number: 789874

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Species Mycobacterium litorale

Species ***Mycobacterium* *litorale***