Species ***Mycobacterium* *moriokaense***

Name: Mycobacterium moriokaense Tsukamura et al. 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.ri.o.ka.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. moriokaense, of or belonging to Morioka, the locality where the species was first isolated [probably better: moriokense]

Pronunciation, gender: mo-ri-o-ka-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 43059; CCUG 37671; CIP 105393; DSM 44221; JCM 6375; NCH E11715; VKM Ac-1183

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ429044 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tsukamura M, Yano I, Imaeda T. Mycobacterium moriokaense sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:333-338.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium moriokaense (Tsukamura et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 9 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: Tsukamura M, Yano I, Imaeda T. Mycobacterium moriokaense sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:333-338.

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Record number: 778488

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Species Mycobacterium moriokaense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *moriokaense***