Species "Mycobacterium mephinesia"

Name: "Mycobacterium mephinesia" Saad et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. mephinesia, The new species herein described was named Mycobacterium mephinesia according to the name of our research unit (MEPHI) and the name of island (French Polynesia) where the strain was isolated for the first time. [probably better: mephinesiae]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: P7213

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Original publication: Saad J, Phelippeau M, Khoder M, Levy M, Musso D, Drancourt M. "Mycobacterium mephinesia", a Mycobacterium terrae complex species of clinical interest isolated in French Polynesia. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11169.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Saad J, Phelippeau M, Khoder M, Levy M, Musso D, Drancourt M. "Mycobacterium mephinesia", a Mycobacterium terrae complex species of clinical interest isolated in French Polynesia. Sci Rep 2019; 9:11169.

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Record number: 29229

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