Species "Mycobacterium polyniensis"

Name: "Mycobacterium polyniensis" Keita et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. n. polyniensis, of the Polynesia, strain isolated from a patient in Polynesia

Gender: neuter

Original publication: Keita ML, Morsli M, Drancourt M, Levy M, Grine G. Mycobacterium polyniensis sp.nov, a non-tuberculous mycobacterium clinical isolate from Tahiti, French Polynesia. New Microbes New Infect 2026; 70:101691. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Keita ML, Morsli M, Drancourt M, Levy M, Grine G. Mycobacterium polyniensis sp.nov, a non-tuberculous mycobacterium clinical isolate from Tahiti, French Polynesia. New Microbes New Infect 2026; 70:101691. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 70955

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