Species ***Mycobacterium* *poriferae***

Name: Mycobacterium poriferae Padgitt and Moshier 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ri’fe.rae. N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. poriferae, of the Porifera, the phylum of sponges [probably better: poriferorum]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 47; ATCC 35087; CIP 105394; DSM 44585; JCM 12603

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16S rRNA gene: AF480589 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Padgitt PJ, Moshier SE. Mycobacterium poriferae sp. nov., a scotochromogenic, rapidly growing species isolated from a marine sponge. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:186-191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium poriferae (Padgitt and Moshier 1987) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Padgitt PJ, Moshier SE. Mycobacterium poriferae sp. nov., a scotochromogenic, rapidly growing species isolated from a marine sponge. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:186-191.

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Species Mycobacterium poriferae

Species ***Mycobacterium* *poriferae***