Species ***Mycobacterium* *saopaulense***

Name: Mycobacterium saopaulense Nogueira et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.o.pau.len’se. N.L. neut. adj. saopaulense, of or pertaining to the Brazilian state of São Paulo, where the first strains were isolated [probably better: saopaulonense]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sa-o-pa͡u-LEN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 66554; EPM 10906; INCQS 733; LMG 28586

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM973037 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nogueira CL, Whipps CM, Matsumoto CK, Chimara E, Droz S, Tortoli E, de Freitas D, Cnockaert M, Palomino JC, Martin A, et al. Mycobacterium saopaulense sp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae--Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4403-4409. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacteroides saopaulense (Nogueira et al. 2015) 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 = 2, note = "ht". — 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 2 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 species itself.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Nogueira CL, Whipps CM, Matsumoto CK, Chimara E, Droz S, Tortoli E, de Freitas D, Cnockaert M, Palomino JC, Martin A, et al. Mycobacterium saopaulense sp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae--Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4403-4409. 🇧🇷

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Species Mycobacterium saopaulense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *saopaulense***