Species ***Mycobacterium* *novocastrense***

Name: Mycobacterium novocastrense Shojaei et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: no.vo.cas.tren’se. L. masc. adj. novus, new; L. neut. n. castrum, castle; M.L. neut. adj. novocastrense, of or pertaining to Newcastle, a city in the northeast of England

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 73; CIP 105546; DSM 44203

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF547953 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shojaei H, Goodfellow M, Magee JG, Freeman R, Gould FK, Brignall CG. Mycobacterium novocastrense sp. nov., a rapidly growing photochromogenic mycobacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1205-1207.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium novocastrense (Shojaei et al. 1997) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 8 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Shojaei H, Goodfellow M, Magee JG, Freeman R, Gould FK, Brignall CG. Mycobacterium novocastrense sp. nov., a rapidly growing photochromogenic mycobacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1205-1207.

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Record number: 778496

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Species Mycobacterium novocastrense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *novocastrense***