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Species Mycobacterium persicum
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- "Mycobacterium abscessus"
- Mycobacterium abscessus
- "Mycobacterium acapulcensis"
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- Mycobacterium africanum
- Mycobacterium agri
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- "Candidatus Mycobacterium bulgaricum"
- Mycobacterium burgundiense
- "Mycobacterium buruli"
- Mycobacterium canariasense
- "Mycobacterium canetti"
- "Mycobacterium canettii"
- Mycobacterium caprae
- Mycobacterium celatum
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- Mycobacterium chelonae corrig.
- Mycobacterium chelonei
- "Mycobacterium chesapeaki"
- Mycobacterium chimaera
- Mycobacterium chitae
- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
- Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum
- Mycobacterium chubuense
- "Mycobacterium coeliacum"
- Mycobacterium colombiense
- Mycobacterium conceptionense
- Mycobacterium confluentis
- Mycobacterium conspicuum
- Mycobacterium cookii
- Mycobacterium cosmeticum
- "Mycobacterium crassicus"
- Mycobacterium crocinum
- Mycobacterium decipiens
- "Mycobacterium deserti"
- Mycobacterium diernhoferi
- "Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus"
- Mycobacterium doricum
- Mycobacterium duvalii
- Mycobacterium eburneum
- Mycobacterium elephantis
- Mycobacterium engbaekii
- "Mycobacterium erythropolis"
- Mycobacterium europaeum
- Mycobacterium fallax
- Mycobacterium farcinogenes
- Mycobacterium flavescens
- "Mycobacterium flavum"
- Mycobacterium florentinum
- Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium fragae
- Mycobacterium franklinii
- Mycobacterium frederiksbergense
- "Mycobacterium fukienense"
- Mycobacterium gadium
- "Mycobacterium gallinarum"
- Mycobacterium gastri
- Mycobacterium genavense
- "Mycobacterium genitalium"
- "Mycobacterium giae"
- Mycobacterium gilvum
- "Mycobacterium globerulum"
- Mycobacterium goodii
- Mycobacterium gordonae
- Mycobacterium grossiae
- "Mycobacterium hackensackense"
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
- Mycobacterium hassiacum
- Mycobacterium heckeshornense
- Mycobacterium heidelbergense
- Mycobacterium helveticum
- Mycobacterium helvum
- "Mycobacterium hemophilum"
- Mycobacterium heraklionense
- Mycobacterium hiberniae
- Mycobacterium hippocampi
- "Mycobacterium hippophais"
- Mycobacterium hodleri
- Mycobacterium holsaticum
- Mycobacterium holstebronense
- Mycobacterium houstonense
- "Mycobacterium hubeiense"
- "Mycobacterium icosiumassiliensis"
- Mycobacterium immunogenum
- "Mycobacterium indicuspranii"
- Mycobacterium innocens
- Mycobacterium insubricum
- Mycobacterium interjectum
- Mycobacterium intermedium
- Mycobacterium intracellulare corrig.
- Mycobacterium intracellularis
- Mycobacterium iranicum
- "Mycobacterium jacuzzii"
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium kiyosense
- Mycobacterium kokjensenii
- Mycobacterium komaniense
- "Mycobacterium komanii"
- Mycobacterium komossense
- Mycobacterium koreense
- Mycobacterium kubicae
- Mycobacterium kumamotonense
- Mycobacterium kyogaense
- Mycobacterium kyorinense
- Mycobacterium lacus
- Mycobacterium lehmannii
- Mycobacterium lentiflavum
- Mycobacterium leprae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium lepraefelis"
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- "Mycobacterium lepromatosis"
- "Mycobacterium liflandii"
- "Mycobacterium lipsiensis"
- Mycobacterium litorale
- Mycobacterium llatzerense
- Mycobacterium longobardum
- "Mycobacterium lufu"
- Mycobacterium lutetiense
- Mycobacterium madagascariense
- Mycobacterium mageritense
- "Mycobacterium malmesburii"
- Mycobacterium malmesburyense
- Mycobacterium malmoense
- "Mycobacterium manitobense"
- Mycobacterium mantenii
- Mycobacterium marinum
- Mycobacterium marseillense
- Mycobacterium massiliense
- "Mycobacterium massilipolynesiensis"
- "Mycobacterium mephinesia"
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium methanotrophicum"
- Mycobacterium microti
- Mycobacterium minnesotense
- Mycobacterium monacense
- Mycobacterium montefiorense
- Mycobacterium montmartrense
- Mycobacterium moriokaense
- Mycobacterium mucogenicum
- "Mycobacterium mungi"
- Mycobacterium murale
- "Mycobacterium nativiensis"
- Mycobacterium nebraskense
- Mycobacterium neglectum
- Mycobacterium neoaurum
- Mycobacterium neumannii
- Mycobacterium neworleansense
- Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum
- Mycobacterium noviomagense
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- "Mycobacterium novusgordonae"
- "Mycobacterium numidiamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium obuense
- "Mycobacterium orygis"
- Mycobacterium oryzae
- "Mycobacterium ostraviense"
- Mycobacterium palauense
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- Mycobacterium palustre
- Mycobacterium paraense
- Mycobacterium paraffinicum
- "Mycobacterium paraffinicum"
- Mycobacterium parafortuitum
- Mycobacterium paragordonae
- Mycobacterium paraintracellulare
- Mycobacterium parakoreense
- Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum
- Mycobacterium paraseoulense
- Mycobacterium paraterrae
- Mycobacterium paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium parmense
- Mycobacterium peregrinum
- Mycobacterium phlei
- Mycobacterium phocaicum
- "Mycobacterium pinniadriaticum"
- Mycobacterium pinnipedii
- Mycobacterium porcinum
- Mycobacterium poriferae
- Mycobacterium pseudokansasii
- Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii
- Mycobacterium psychrotolerans
- Mycobacterium pulveris
- Mycobacterium pyrenivorans
- "Mycobacterium ratisbonense"
- "Mycobacterium rhizamassiliense"
- Mycobacterium rhodesiae
- Mycobacterium riyadhense
- Mycobacterium rufum
- "Mycobacterium runyonii"
- Mycobacterium rutilum
- Mycobacterium salfingeri
- Mycobacterium salmoniphilum
- "Mycobacterium salmoniphilum"
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- Mycobacterium sarraceniae
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- Mycobacterium senriense
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- Mycobacterium servetii
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- Mycobacterium shigaense
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- Mycobacterium shinjukuense
- "Mycobacterium shinshuense"
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- Mycobacterium simiae
- "Mycobacterium simulans"
- "Mycobacterium sinense"
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Mycobacterium sphagni
- "Mycobacterium spongiae"
- Mycobacterium stephanolepidis
- Mycobacterium stomatepiae
- "Mycobacterium suricattae"
- Mycobacterium syngnathidarum
- Mycobacterium szulgai
- Mycobacterium talmoniae
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense"
- Mycobacterium terrae
- "Mycobacterium terrae"
- "Mycobacterium terramassiliense"
- Mycobacterium thermoresistibile
- "Mycobacterium tilburgii"
- Mycobacterium timonense
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- Mycobacterium triplex
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- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- "Mycobacterium valentiae"
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii
- "Mycobacterium vasticus"
- Mycobacterium vicinigordonae
- Mycobacterium virginiense
- "Mycobacterium visibilis"
- Mycobacterium vulneris
- Mycobacterium wendilense
- Mycobacterium wolinskyi
- "Candidatus Mycobacterium wuenschmannii"
- Mycobacterium xenopei
- Mycobacterium xenopi corrig.
- Mycobacterium yongonense
- "Mycobacterium zoologicum"
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Name: Mycobacterium persicum Shahraki et al. 2017
Etymology: per’si.cum. L. neut. adj. persicum, of, or belonging to, Persia, the ancient name of Iran, from where the test strains originated
Type strain: AFPC-000227; CIP 111197; DSM 104278
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KX987140
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Shahraki AH, Trovato A, Mirsaeidi M, Borroni E, Heidarieh P, Hashemzadeh M, Shahbazi N, Cirillo DM, Tortoli E. Mycobacterium persicum sp. nov., a novel species closely related to Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium gastri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1766-1770. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 8 times 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 risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Shahraki AH, Trovato A, Mirsaeidi M, Borroni E, Heidarieh P, Hashemzadeh M, Shahbazi N, Cirillo DM, Tortoli E. Mycobacterium persicum sp. nov., a novel species closely related to Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium gastri. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1766-1770.
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Record number: 795380
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