Species ***Mycobacterium* *salmoniphilum***

Name: Mycobacterium salmoniphilum (ex Ross 1960) Whipps et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: sal.mo.ni’phi.lum. L. masc. n. salmo (gen. salmonis), a salmon; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. salmoniphilum, salmon-loving

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-NI-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13758; DSM 43276; SC

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ866768 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Whipps CM, Butler WR, Pourahmad F, Watral VG, Kent ML. Molecular systematics support the revival of Mycobacterium salmoniphilum (ex Ross 1960) sp. nov., nom. rev., a species closely related to Mycobacterium chelonae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2525-2531.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycobacterium salmoniphilum" Ross 1960	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Mycobacteroides salmoniphilum (Whipps et al. 2007 ex Ross 1960) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 18 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.
- 🧍 Mycobacterium salmoniphilum (ex Ross 1960) Whipps et al. 2007 was previously known as "Mycobacterium salmoniphilum" Ross 1960. Publication: Ross AJ. Mycobacterium salmoniphilum sp. nov. from salmonids fishes. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1960; 81:241-250.

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

Assigned by: Whipps CM, Butler WR, Pourahmad F, Watral VG, Kent ML. Molecular systematics support the revival of Mycobacterium salmoniphilum (ex Ross 1960) sp. nov., nom. rev., a species closely related to Mycobacterium chelonae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2525-2531.

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Species Mycobacterium salmoniphilum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *salmoniphilum***