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Name: "Mycobacterium polyniensis" Keita et al. 2026
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. polyniensis, of the Polynesia, strain isolated from a patient in Polynesia
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.
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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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