Species ***Mycobacterium* *parakoreense***

Name: Mycobacterium parakoreense Kim et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.ko.re.en’se. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. neut. adj. koreense, of or belonging to Korea, and also a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. neut. adj. parakoreense, near (Mycobacterium) koreense

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-ra-ko-re-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: 299; DSM 45575; KCTC 19818

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF271823 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BJ, Hong SH, Yu HK, Park YG, Jeong J, Lee SH, Kim SR, Kim K, Kook YH, Kim BJ. Mycobacterium parakoreense sp. nov., a slowly growing non-chromogenic species related to Mycobacterium koreense, isolated from a human clinical specimen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2301-2308. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacillus parakoreensis (Kim et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 1 time 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Kim BJ, Hong SH, Yu HK, Park YG, Jeong J, Lee SH, Kim SR, Kim K, Kook YH, Kim BJ. Mycobacterium parakoreense sp. nov., a slowly growing non-chromogenic species related to Mycobacterium koreense, isolated from a human clinical specimen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2301-2308. 🇰🇷

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Species Mycobacterium parakoreense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *parakoreense***