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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Mycobacterium shigaense

Name: Mycobacterium shigaense Fukano et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: shi.ga.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. shigaense, of Shiga Prefecture, the location from which the type strain was first isolated [probably better: shigense]

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 46748; JCM 32072; UN-152

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547401 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukano H, Yoshida M, Kazumi Y, Fujiwara N, Katayama K, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Miyamoto Y, Fujimoto N, Hongsheng W, et al. Mycobacterium shigaense sp. nov., a slow-growing, scotochromogenic species, is a member of the Mycobacterium simiae complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2437-2442.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Assigned by: Fukano H, Yoshida M, Kazumi Y, Fujiwara N, Katayama K, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Miyamoto Y, Fujimoto N, Hongsheng W, et al. Mycobacterium shigaense sp. nov., a slow-growing, scotochromogenic species, is a member of the Mycobacterium simiae complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2437-2442.

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Record number: 797813
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