Species ***Mycobacterium* *paragordonae***

Name: Mycobacterium paragordonae Kim et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.gor.don’a.e. Gr. prep. para, next to, resembling; N.L. gen. fem. n. gordonae, a bacterial epithet; N.L. gen. fem. n. paragordonae, next to (Mycobacterium) gordonae

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 49061; JCM 18565; KCTC 29126

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16S rRNA gene: KC525204 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BJ, Hong SH, Kook YH, Kim BJ. Mycobacterium paragordonae sp. nov., a slowly growing, scotochromogenic species closely related to Mycobacterium gordonae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:39-45.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium gordonae Bojalil et al. 1962 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bojalil LF, Cerbon J, Trujillo A. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 28:333-346. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Kim BJ, Hong SH, Kook YH, Kim BJ. Mycobacterium paragordonae sp. nov., a slowly growing, scotochromogenic species closely related to Mycobacterium gordonae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:39-45.

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Species Mycobacterium paragordonae

Species ***Mycobacterium* *paragordonae***