Species ***Mycobacterium* *shimoidei***

Name: Mycobacterium shimoidei (ex Tsukamura et al. 1975) Tsukamura 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: shi.moi’de.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shimoidei, of Shimoide, named for H. Shimoide, a Japanese microbiologist who first isolated a strain of this species

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27962; CCUG 37517; DSM 44152; E4796; JCM 12376

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ005005 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tsukamura M. Mycobacterium shimoidei sp. nov., nom. rev., a lung pathogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:67-69.

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:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Tsukamura M. Mycobacterium shimoidei sp. nov., nom. rev., a lung pathogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:67-69.

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Species Mycobacterium shimoidei

Species ***Mycobacterium* *shimoidei***