Species ***Mycobacterium* *pyrenivorans***

Name: Mycobacterium pyrenivorans Derz et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: py.re.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. pyrenum, pyrene; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. neut. part. adj. pyrenivorans, digesting pyrene

Pronunciation, gender: py-re-NI-wo-rans, neuter

Type strain: 17A3; DSM 44605; JCM 15927; NRRL B-24349

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ431371 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Derz K, Klinner U, Schuphan I, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium pyrenivorans sp. nov., a novel polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2313-2317. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium pyrenivorans (Derz et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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 3 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 risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The correct NRRL accession number for the type strain of Mycobacterium pyrenivorans is NRRL B-24349, not NRRL B-24244 as given in the paper (D. P. Labeda, personal communication). Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:1393. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Derz K, Klinner U, Schuphan I, Stackebrandt E, Kroppenstedt RM. Mycobacterium pyrenivorans sp. nov., a novel polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2313-2317. 🇩🇪

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Species Mycobacterium pyrenivorans

Species ***Mycobacterium* *pyrenivorans***