Species "Mycobacterium orygis"

Name: "Mycobacterium orygis" van Ingen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry.gis. L. gen. masc. n. orygis, of the oryx (from oryx)

Gender: neuter

Original publication: van Ingen J, Rahim Z, Mulder A, Boeree MJ, Simeone R, Brosch R, van Soolingen D. Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies. Emerg Infect Dis 2012; 18:653-655.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 3

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Considerations for containment: Controlled activities with M. orygis are to be carried out in accordance with the Biosafety Directive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/laboratory-biosafety-biosecurity/biosafety-directive-mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex-mtbc.html".

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

Assigned by: van Ingen J, Rahim Z, Mulder A, Boeree MJ, Simeone R, Brosch R, van Soolingen D. Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies. Emerg Infect Dis 2012; 18:653-655.

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Record number: 14335

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