Etymology:sher.ri’si.i.N.L. gen. masc. n.sherrisii, of Sherris, in honour of John C. Sherris for his contributions to the field of clinical microbiology
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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:
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 2026-06-11.
🙆 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. 🇬🇧
🧍 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. 🇺🇸