Species ***Mycobacterium* *persicum***

Name: Mycobacterium persicum Shahraki et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per’si.cum. L. neut. adj. persicum, of, or belonging to, Persia, the ancient name of Iran, from where the test strains originated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PER-si-kum, neuter

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)

Risk group: 2

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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Species Mycobacterium persicum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *persicum***