Species ***Mycobacterium* *sherrisii***

Name: Mycobacterium sherrisii van Ingen et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sher.ris’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. sherrisii, of Sherris, in honour of John C. Sherris for his contributions to the field of clinical microbiology

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 4773; ATCC BAA-832; DSM 45441

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY353699 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: van Ingen J, Tortoli E, Selvarangan R, Coyle MB, Crump JA, Morrissey AB, Dekhuijzen PN, Boeree MJ, van Soolingen D. Mycobacterium sherrisii sp. nov., a slow-growing non-chromogenic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1293-1298.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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:
- Mycobacterium sherrisii van Ingen et al. 2011 was previously known as "Mycobacterium sherrisii" Selvarangan et al. Publication: Selvarangan R, Wu WK, Nguyen TT, Carlson LD, Wallis CK, Stiglich SK, Chen YC, Jost KCJ, Prentice JL, Wallace RJJ, et al. Characterization of a novel group of mycobacteria and proposal of Mycobacterium sherrisii sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42:52-59.

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

Assigned by: van Ingen J, Tortoli E, Selvarangan R, Coyle MB, Crump JA, Morrissey AB, Dekhuijzen PN, Boeree MJ, van Soolingen D. Mycobacterium sherrisii sp. nov., a slow-growing non-chromogenic species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1293-1298.

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Species Mycobacterium sherrisii

Species ***Mycobacterium* *sherrisii***