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:
- 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***