Species ***Mycobacterium* *senegalense***

Name: Mycobacterium senegalense (Chamoiseau 1973) Chamoiseau 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Mycobacterium farcinogenes subsp. senegalense" Chamoiseau 1973

Etymology: se.ne.ga.len’se. N.L. neut. adj. senegalense, of or belonging to the West African Republic of Senegal

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … se-ne-ga-LEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35796; CCUG 21001; CIP 104941; DSM 43656; IEMVT 378; JCM 15467; NCTC 10956

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF480596 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chamoiseau G. Etiology of farcy in African bovines: nomenclature of the causal organisms Mycobacterium farcinogenes Chamoiseau and Mycobacterium senegalense (Chamoiseau) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:407-410.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Mycobacterium farcinogenes subsp. senegalense" Chamoiseau 1973	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
Mycolicibacterium senegalense (Chamoiseau 1973) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 40 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.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

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

Assigned by: Chamoiseau G. Etiology of farcy in African bovines: nomenclature of the causal organisms Mycobacterium farcinogenes Chamoiseau and Mycobacterium senegalense (Chamoiseau) comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:407-410.

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Species Mycobacterium senegalense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *senegalense***