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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycobacterium runyonii"

Name: "Mycobacterium runyonii" Bojalil et al. 1962

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: run.yo’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. runyonii, after R. E. Runyon, The Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake City

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um run-YO-ni-i, neuter

Nomenclatural type: 380

Original publication: Bojalil LF, Cerbon J, Trujillo A. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 28:333-346.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Bojalil LF, Cerbon J, Trujillo A. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 28:333-346.

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Record number: 13823

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