Species ***Mycobacterium* *montefiorense***

Name: Mycobacterium montefiorense Levi et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.te.fi.o.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. montefiorense, of or pertaining to Montefiore, referring to the Montefiore Medical Center

Pronunciation, gender: mon-te-fi-o-REN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-256; CCUG 51898; DSM 44602

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF330038 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Levi MH, Bartell J, Gandolfo L, Smole SC, Costa SF, Weiss LM, Johnson LK, Osterhout G, Herbst LH. Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a novel pathogenic Mycobacterium from moray eels that is related to Mycobacterium triplex. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:2147-2152. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 94. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 7 times 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: Levi MH, Bartell J, Gandolfo L, Smole SC, Costa SF, Weiss LM, Johnson LK, Osterhout G, Herbst LH. Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a novel pathogenic Mycobacterium from moray eels that is related to Mycobacterium triplex. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:2147-2152. 🇺🇸

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Species Mycobacterium montefiorense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *montefiorense***