Species "Mycobacterium salmoniphilum"

Name: "Mycobacterium salmoniphilum" Ross 1960

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.mo.ni’phi.lum. N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; N.L. neut. adj. salmoniphilum, salmon-loving

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-NI-phi-lum, neuter

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 13758; DSM 43276; SC

16S rRNA gene: DQ866768 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ross AJ. Mycobacterium salmoniphilum sp. nov. from salmonids fishes. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1960; 81:241-250.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

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

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Ross AJ. Mycobacterium salmoniphilum sp. nov. from salmonids fishes. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1960; 81:241-250.

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Record number: 45739
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