Species ***Mycobacterium* *parascrofulaceum***

Name: Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum Turenne et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.scro.fu.la’ce.um. Gr. prep. para, like, beside; N.L. neut. adj. scrofulaceum, specific epither of a bacterial species; N.L. neut. adj. parascrofulaceum, beside Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum (referring to the phenotypic resemblance of the isolate to Mycobacterium scrofulaceum)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um pa-ra-skro-fu-LA-ke-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-614; DSM 44648; HSC-68; JCM 13015

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ153273 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Turenne CY, Cook VJ, Burdz TV, Pauls RJ, Thibert L, Wolfe JN, Kabani A. Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum sp. nov., novel slowly growing, scotochromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium simiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1543-1551. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 23 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 In the abstract, the table 1, and the figure 2, the strain HSC-68 is cited as HSC68. — 🧍 In the summary, the table 1, and the figure 2, the strain HSC-68 is cited as HSC68. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Turenne CY, Cook VJ, Burdz TV, Pauls RJ, Thibert L, Wolfe JN, Kabani A. Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum sp. nov., novel slowly growing, scotochromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium simiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1543-1551. 🇨🇦

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Species Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *parascrofulaceum***