Name:Mycobacteriumpseudokansasii Tagini et al. 2019
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology:pseu.do.kan.sa’si.i.Gr. neut. adj.pseudes, false; N.L. gen. masc. n.kansasii, the specific epithet of Mycobacterium kansasii; N.L. gen. masc. n.pseudokansasii, the false (Mycobacterium) kansasii
Valid publication:
Tagini F, Aeby S, Bertelli C, Droz S, Casanova C, Prod'hom G, Jaton K, Greub G. Phylogenomics reveal that Mycobacterium kansasii subtypes are species-level lineages. Description of Mycobacterium pseudokansasii sp. nov., Mycobacterium innocens sp. nov. and Mycobacterium attenuatum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1696-1704. 🇨🇭
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2630-2631.
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 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacteriumkansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacteriumkansasii Hauduroy 1955 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Hauduroy P. Derniers aspects du monde des mycobactéries. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1955.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.