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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycobacterium palauense

Name: Mycobacterium palauense Nouioui et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.lau.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. palauense, referring to the Republic Palau, the source of the strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-la͡u-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8779; DSM 44914

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF769712 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Sangal V, Jando M, Igual JM, Goodfellow M, Klenk HP. Formal description of Mycobacterium neglectum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium palauense sp. nov., rapidly growing actinobacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1209-1223. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 188. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1844-1846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Sangal V, Jando M, Igual JM, Goodfellow M, Klenk HP. Formal description of Mycobacterium neglectum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium palauense sp. nov., rapidly growing actinobacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1209-1223. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 801308
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