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]

Pronunciation, gender: … po-RI-fe-ra͡e, neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 7 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 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 (Reading) 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***