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Species Mycobacterium psychrotolerans

Name: Mycobacterium psychrotolerans Trujillo et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: psy.chro.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. adj. psychros, cold; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. neut. part. adj. psychrotolerans, cold-tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um psy-khro-TO-le-rans, neuter

Type strain: DSM 44697; JCM 13323; LMG 21953; WA 101

16S rRNA gene: AJ534886 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Trujillo ME, Velazquez E, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Rivas R, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E. Mycobacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from pond water near a uranium mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1459-1463. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Trujillo ME, Velazquez E, Kroppenstedt RM, Schumann P, Rivas R, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E. Mycobacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from pond water near a uranium mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1459-1463. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 778510