Species Mycobacterium microti

Name: Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.cro’ti N.L. masc. n. Microtus, a genus that includes the vole; N.L. gen. n. microti, of Microtus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19422; CIP 104256; DSM 44155; NCTC 8710

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16S rRNA gene: AF547947 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Reed GB. Genus Mycobacterium (species affecting warm-blooded animals except those causing leprosy),. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 703-704.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published, distinct rank
Mycobacterium caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Aranaz et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published, distinct rank
Mycobacterium africanum Castets et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published
Mycobacterium pinnipedii Cousins et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published

Notes:
- According to Riojas et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883. Publication: Riojas MA, McGough KJ, Rider-Riojas CJ, Rastogi N, Hazbon MH. Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:324-332.
- According to Riojas et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Riojas MA, McGough KJ, Rider-Riojas CJ, Rastogi N, Hazbon MH. Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:324-332.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Z".

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

Assigned by: Reed GB. Genus Mycobacterium (species affecting warm-blooded animals except those causing leprosy),. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 703-704.

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